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What do US contractors really earn? Based on 16 contract jobs with a stated hourly rate from the last 90 days, the median is $51 per hour across all specialties. Below are the details by specialty and by city, updated continuously.
Updated on October 6, 2026
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Freelance Radar continuously finds contract jobs posted publicly on LinkedIn by recruiters, staffing firms and hiring managers in the United States. This barometer aggregates the 16 contract jobs from the last 90 days with an explicit hourly rate in dollars, out of 125 contract jobs found in total. Values are medians (less sensitive to outliers than an average); the range runs from the 25th to the 75th percentile. Only specialties and cities with enough hourly rates are shown. Hourly rates outside $15 to $300 per hour are excluded.
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