New research from invoicing software company Bookipi reveals that Australia ranks first among the countries with the most expensive freelancers.
The research found that Australian freelancers charge an average price of $594.56 for a job. Australia was also found to be the most expensive country to hire a freelancer for creative writing, web programming, or mobile app development projects.
India is ranked second globally with its freelancers charging at an average price of $501 per job. They were also ranked as the most expensive freelancing country for data entry, at an average price of $75.92 per job.
Morocco ranks third with an average freelancer rate of $402.03 per job, followed by Saudi Arabia, with an average rate of $401.64 per job, and Turkey, with a cost of $393.88 per job.
At the other end of the scale, Columbia has the least expensive freelancers, costing an average of $72.13 per job or 87 per cent less than hiring an Australian freelancer on average. Brazil comes in second with an average rate of $79.81 per freelancing job, while Argentina ranked third least expensive with an average cost of $80.84.
“Our team members come from various corners of the world – Asia, Africa, Europe, and America – and their life stories and experiences contribute to our team’s richness,” Tim Lee, CEO and founder of Bookipi, said. “Working closely together has taught me an immense amount about appreciating different cultures. As a result, we were interested in how these different experiences are reflected through the costs of freelance workers worldwide.”
Bookipi based its findings on data gathered from the freelancing platform Upwork to find how much freelancers in 40 different countries charge on average per job. They looked at several popular services, including logo design, video editing, and data entry, with the starting and end price collected for each service in each country and an average price overall was calculated.
“Typically, countries with robust economies and high living standards tend to host the most expensive freelancers, which the data reflects by finding Australia as the most expensive freelance country,” Lee said. “Although this is true for India, the second country to appear in the ranking, freelancers can command a higher rate thanks to their specialised skills and expertise in industries such as software development, IT services, and digital marketing.
“We hope this ranking will help empower freelance workers around the world to know their worth and be more confident in fairly pricing their services,” Lee concluded.
