Growth Metrics

Upwork (UPWK) Share-based Compensation (2017 - 2025)

Upwork has reported Share-based Compensation over the past 9 years, most recently at $17.4 million for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Share-based Compensation at $17.4 million for Q4 2025, up 27.28% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was $65.4 million (down 4.39% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was $65.4 million, down 4.39%.
  • Share-based Compensation for Q4 2025 was $17.4 million at Upwork, down from $19.8 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Share-based Compensation for UPWK hit a ceiling of $20.4 million in Q3 2022 and a floor of $2.8 million in Q2 2021.
  • Median Share-based Compensation over the past 5 years was $17.6 million (2023), compared with a mean of $15.8 million.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Share-based Compensation: tumbled 60.75% in 2021 and later skyrocketed 580.13% in 2022.
  • Upwork's Share-based Compensation stood at $14.9 million in 2021, then increased by 29.85% to $19.4 million in 2022, then decreased by 6.89% to $18.0 million in 2023, then fell by 24.46% to $13.6 million in 2024, then increased by 27.28% to $17.4 million in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Share-based Compensation were $17.4 million (Q4 2025), $19.8 million (Q3 2025), and $16.0 million (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.