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Skilled freelance
Data analysis & science
You dig through data to answer questions and build models that help businesses decide. You're paid per project or hourly, and the pay skews high.
3.5Last review 2 weeks agoLow data
Low data. These numbers come from just 2 reviews, so treat them as an early signal, not a reliable average — they'll sharpen as more people report.
Median monthly earnings
$4,125
Middle 50%: $750 – $7,500
Effective hourly
$50.00
Earnings over the hours people logged
Hours per week
15 hrs
Median across reviews
Startup cost
Under $100
To get up and running
Time to first $100
1–4 weeks
From starting out
Monthly expenses
$50–150
To keep it running
Schedule flexibility
Mostly flexible
Most common answer
Would recommend it
50%
1 of 2 say yes or probably yes
What people make in a month
Gross earnings people entered themselves, before expenses and taxes. 2 reviews.
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Under $100
$100–250
$250–500
$500–1,000
$1,000–2,000
$2,000–3,500
$3,500–5,000
$5,000–10,000
$10,000+
How it scores
Happiness7.0 / 10
Would do it again50%
Schedule flexibility4.5 / 5
Pay predictability2.3 / 5
What surprised people most
Every option reviewers could pick, most common first. 2 reviews.
How much I could earn
1
How little I could earn
1
Taxes — how much I owe
1
How much time it takes
0
How difficult it is to get started
0
How difficult it is to find customers or clients
0
Unexpected expenses
0
How competitive the market is
0
Nothing really surprised me
0
Reviews
Everyone here is anonymous. Nobody sees who wrote what.· 5+ years in · 2 weeks ago
Monthly $5,000–10,000Hours 80–120 hrs/moHourly $75.00
The advice I can give, is always Elbe curious
· 3–6 months in · 3 weeks ago
Monthly $500–1,000Hours 20–40 hrs/moHourly $25.00
Please do not use this as only form of income
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