Upwork paid its 3 named executives $26.2M in total in FY2025 (Dec). CEO Hayden Brown was paid $17.1M of that.
Pay$100 in the stock at the end of FY20 → $57
Pay of each named executive
Hayden BrownPresident and Chief Executive Officer
| FY2025 (Dec) | |||||||
| FY2024 (Dec) | |||||||
| FY2023 (Dec) | |||||||
| FY2022 (Dec) | Not disclosed | ||||||
| FY2021 (Dec) | Not disclosed |
5 years
Erica GessertChief Financial Officer
| FY2025 (Dec) | |||||||
| FY2023 (Dec) |
2 years
David T. BottomsGM, Marketplace
| FY2025 (Dec) | |||||||
| FY2024 (Dec) |
2 years
CEO pay against the pay peers
In FY2025 (Dec), the median CEO pay of the 9 peers with pay on file was $5.4M. The CEO of Upwork was paid $17.1M, 214% above the median.
- 1UpworkThis company
- 2Q2 Holdings
- 3TripAdvisor
- 4CarGurus
- 5Fastly
- 6Appfolio
- 7Ziprecruiter
- 8Legalzoom.com
- 9Revolve Group
- 10Asana
- 11AppianNot disclosed
- 12BlacklineNot disclosed
- 13Cars.comNot disclosed
- 14Fiverr InternationalNot disclosed
- 15MagniteNot disclosed
- 16Paylocity HoldingNot disclosed
- 17RedfinNot disclosed
- 18ShutterstockNot disclosed
- 19SmartsheetNot disclosed
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Pay of each named executive comes from the Summary Compensation Table of each proxy statement. Realized pay adds the value of options used and stock that vested. CEO pay of each peer comes from its own Pay versus Performance table.