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Upwork Inc. Executive Compensation

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Upwork Inc. is an American freelancing platform that connects businesses with independent professionals.

Total Exec Pay FY2025
$26.2M
Highest Paid Executive
$17.1M
Executives Tracked
3
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Data available:FY2025FY2024FY2023

Named Executive Officers — FY2025

ExecutiveYearBaseStockTotal Pay
Hayden Brown
President & CEO
FY2025$625,000$15.2M$17.1M
Erica Gessert
Chief Financial Officer
FY2025$606,375$4.1M$5.6M
David T. BottomsGM Marketplace
Executive Officer
FY2025$478,192$2.5M$3.5M

Compensation Analysis

Computed directly from SEC-sourced figures tracked on this page — not a general description.

Upwork Inc. discloses FY2025 compensation for 3 named executive officers, totaling $26.2M. Hayden Brown, the President & CEO, accounts for 65% of that combined total.

Hayden Brown's total compensation rose 72% year-over-year, from $9.9M in FY2024 to $17.1M in FY2025.

Cash compensation (salary plus bonus) made up 7% of Upwork Inc.'s FY2025 tracked executive pay, with stock awards accounting for 83%. That's notably more stock-weighted than the typical Technology company in this dataset, where stock awards average 13% of tracked pay.

Among 134 other Technology companies in this dataset, Upwork Inc.'s combined tracked executive pay of $26.2M ranks in the 69th percentile (industry median: $17.5M). Its highest-paid executive, Hayden Brown, ranks in the 67th percentile for top-executive pay in the sector (industry median: $10.3M).

Compensation figures on this page for Upwork Inc. come directly from its SEC DEF 14A proxy statement(s), filed with the SEC via EDGAR — not from crowdsourced or self-reported salary data.

Historical Compensation Data

ExecutiveYearBaseStockTotal
FY2025$625,000$15.2M$17.1M
FY2025$606,375$4.1M$5.6M
FY2025$478,192$2.5M$3.5M
FY2024$595,000$8.6M$9.9M
FY2024$445,088$2.3M$3.1M
FY2023$570,000$9.5M
Data Source: Compensation figures are sourced from Upwork Inc.'s DEF 14A proxy statement filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) via EDGAR. Figures reflect the most recently available fiscal year per executive. See something wrong? Report it.
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