Provided is an upper driving type juice extractor including a main body having a material introduction port and a driving part disposed at an upper side thereof an extracting part configured to be taken in and out of the main body and a lift part installed at a lower side of the main body to move the extracting part up and down, wherein the lifting part comprises a lifting motor, a seating part on which the extracting part is seated, a cam part configured to move the seating part up and down, and a power transmitting part configured to transmit power of the lifting motor to the cam part.