How do payments work?

Pay your freelancer per hour or per project, whichever you choose. For hourly projects, the freelancer bills you once a week, and we'll send a secure payment to your freelancer. For fixed-price projects, we'll release funds to your freelancer after they meet pre-set milestones. In either case, you're covered by Upwork Payment Protection, assuring that you only pay for work you approve.

All payments go through our secure system. Choose from the following billing methods:

• Credit card
• PayPal
• Bank account

When we send your payments to the freelancer, we deduct a 10% fee from the rate they charge you. For example, if you pay your freelancer $20, they earn $18 and we receive $2.