How much do Figma designers in India charge on Upwork?

Figma Designers in India on Upwork charge a median of $18/hr; the middle half ask between $15/hr and $20/hr. That is the advertised hourly rate of 67 Figma designers in India with $10K+ in public Upwork earnings, as of Nov 1, 2026.

The spread is wide. The cheapest tenth of these profiles ask $11/hr or less and the top tenth $25/hr or more; the largest single band is $15–29/hr, with 67% of profiles. The chart shows the full mix. Each figure is the rate printed on the freelancer's public Upwork profile, which is what a client sees before sending an invite.

Compared with the worldwide figure, Figma designers in India ask 40% less: the median across all 657 indexed profiles is $30/hr. See Figma designers rates worldwide.

Track record matters too. Profiles with $10K–50K in lifetime earnings ask a median $14/hr; those with $250K+ ask $20/hr. Earnings are the public lifetime figure each profile shows, counted at the floor when Upwork prints only a band.

What a client pays is not only the rate. Upwork adds a client marketplace fee on top and takes a service fee from the freelancer's side; how much of the money flowing through Upwork it keeps is on the take rate page. Fixed-price contracts are priced per project, not per hour. And this sample is freelancers who have already earned $10,000 or more on Upwork, so newer profiles, which often start lower, are not in it.