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56.1% of resolved Upwork jobs never hire anyone. Which niches actually hire, how fast, and which clients are worth a proposal: measured from 1,506,251 job postings followed to their final outcome. Data as of July 3, 2026.
43.9%
of resolved Upwork jobs hire someone. The rest close with nobody hired.
3 to 7 days
is when nearly half of all fills happen. Three quarters land within 7 days.
2,278
chronic non-hirer accounts posted 17,895 jobs without a single hire.
1,506,251
job postings monitored continuously since July 2025.
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- The Upwork Fill Rate Index : fill rate by category, experience level, budget type, and client history. Updated monthly.
- Do Upwork jobs actually hire? : 617,336 postings followed to their final outcome, and why published hire rates disagree.
- How many Upwork jobs are real? : template farms, chronic non-hirers, and the scam-shaped nucleus, quantified.
- Methodology : how these numbers are produced, and why published Upwork hire rates disagree.
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