Linux developer salaries.
What employers say they'll pay.
- median, Europe (EUR)
- €79k
- median, North America (USD)
- $230k
- published ranges
- 173
Based on 173 Linux job ads with a published salary range on getwork.dev (as of 2026-10-28), the median salary in Europe is €79k per year (middle 50%: €68k–€90k) and the median in North America is $230k per year.
| Region | p25 | Median | p75 | Spread | Ranges |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North America USD | $187k | $230k | $288k | 147 | |
| Europe EUR | €68k | €79k | €90k | 19 |
In Europe (EUR), 74% of the ranges come from Cloudflare, Grafana Labs and Algolia, so the median leans toward their pay.
| Level | p25 | Median | p75 | Spread | Ranges |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senior USD | $187k | $211k | $230k | 45 | |
| Staff USD | $188k | $233k | $288k | 25 | |
| Manager USD | $205k | $262k | $293k | 13 | |
| Senior EUR | €79k | €79k | €79k | 8 | |
| Staff EUR | €103k | €121k | €121k | 4 | |
| Principal USD | $262k | $262k | $313k | 3 |
Best-paid Linux roles open in Europe
- Staff Software Engineer - Databases SRE | Ireland | Remote · Grafana Labs€118k–€141k
- Staff Operations Engineer · Mozilla€81k–€108k
- Team Lead - Platform Engineering · Channable€77k–€103k
- Senior AI Support Engineer (Paris) · Dust€50k–€100k
- Senior Site Reliability Engineer, IaaS · Algolia€70k–€97k
- Senior Systems Engineer, Browser Isolation · Cloudflare€66k–€91k
- Senior Systems Engineer - Developer Tooling · Cloudflare€66k–€91k
- Systems Engineering, Metrics and Alerting · Cloudflare€66k–€91k
- Senior Software Engineer, Security Rules · Cloudflare€66k–€91k
- Senior System Engineer · Cloudflare€66k–€91k
Questions
What does a Linux developer earn in Europe?
The median published salary for Linux roles in Europe is €79k per year, based on 19 ranges in EUR. Half of the ranges have a midpoint between €68k and €90k.
How much more do senior Linux developers earn?
Senior: median $211k (45 ranges); Staff: median $233k (25 ranges); Manager: median $262k (13 ranges); Senior: median €79k (8 ranges); Staff: median €121k (4 ranges); Principal: median $262k (3 ranges).
Where do these numbers come from?
From salary ranges employers publish in live job ads, read directly from their applicant tracking systems. They are asking ranges, not reported pay, and each figure uses the midpoint of a range.
Method: midpoints of yearly salary ranges in active job ads, per currency, no conversion. Updated with every site build. Ask your agent for any slice: salary_insights(stack: ["linux"], seniority: ["senior"], countries: ["NL"]). See all Linux jobs.