While Upwork displays prices in U.S. Dollars, it often bills clients in their local currency for convenience. The exchange rates shown are estimates and may differ from the final billing rate. Clients can opt to pay in USD instead, and billing defaults to local currency for certain card types in specific countries. To switch currencies, users can edit their billing preferences in account settings.
Prices on Upwork are listed in U.S. Dollars ($ USD) but because we operate globally, billing is often done in local currency for your convenience. If you prefer to pay in USD, you may opt out of local currency billing.
Since exchange rates between currencies change constantly, the converted currency showing on Upwork’s platform is an estimate. This means that the rate you see displayed during checkout may not be the exchange rate at the time you are billed. You’ll see the amount charged to your card on the invoice in your Transaction history.
Upwork defaults to use local currency in credit/debit cards for Visa, MasterCard, or American Express for clients with billing addresses or issuing banks in the following countries:
Note:
Discover and PayPal can only be billed in USD.
| Currency | Country |
|---|---|
| AED | The United Arab Emirates |
| AUD | Australia, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Kiribati, Nauru, Norfolk Island, Tuvalu |
| CAD | Canada |
| CHF | Liechtenstein, Switzerland |
| DKK | Denmark, Faroe Islands, Greenland |
| EUR | Albania, Alberia, Algeria, Andorra, Armenia, Aruba, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bonaire, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Cape Verde, Croatia, Curacao, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, French Guiana, French Southern and Antarctic Lands, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guadeloupe, Holy See, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Martinique, Mayotte, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, Portugal, Réunion, Romania, Saint Barthelemy, Saint Martin, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe, Serbia, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Tunisia, Ukraine, Wallis and Futuna |
| GBP | Bahamas, Barbados, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Falkland Islands, Gibralter, Grenada, Guernsey, Haiti, Isle of Man, Jamaica, Jersey, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom |
| HKD | Hong Kong |
| ILS | Israel |
| INR | India |
| JPY | Japan |
| NOK | Norway, Bouvet Island, Svalbard and Jan Mayen |
| NZD | Cook Islands, New Zealand, Niue, Pitcairn, Tokelau |
| PLN | Poland |
| RON | Romania |
| SAR | Saudi Arabia |
| SEK | Sweden |
| SGD | Singapore |
| TRY | Turkey (Visa and MasterCard only) |
| ZAR | South Africa (Visa and MasterCard only) |
To change your preferred currency for credit or debit card billing:
- Go to Account settings (desktop) or Settings (mobile) > Billing & Payments
- Choose Edit on your credit or debit card
- Select your preferred currency
- Choose Save changes