Linux Salaries
The average salary for Linux jobs is $151.1k – $252.5k per year across 206 jobs. Pay ranges from $132.2k – $202.7k for Entry Level roles to $261.5k – $492.9k at the Director level.
Median salary
$199.3k
Based on 206 jobs · 11% less than the average salary on Inference Jobs
25th percentile
$120k
Average
$201.8k
75th percentile
$300k
Linux salary by seniority
| Seniority | Avg. salary | Jobs | vs Avg. on Inference Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entry Level | $132.2k – $202.7k | 5 | +34% |
| Mid Level | $116.8k – $195.4k | 53 | -20% |
| Senior | $159.5k – $269.0k | 140 | -11% |
| Director | $261.5k – $492.9k | 3 | +37% |
Top companies for Linux salaries
10 companies hiring for Linux roles, ranked by average salary.
NVIDIA
Avg. $153.8k – $276.6k · 75 jobs
CoreWeave
Avg. $111.2k – $154.8k · 34 jobs
Applied Intuition
Avg. $129.0k – $205.4k · 20 jobs
Crusoe
Avg. $176.9k – $216.7k · 14 jobs
Nebius
Avg. $118.9k – $169.4k · 9 jobs
d-Matrix
Avg. $176.5k – $282.1k · 7 jobs
Figure
Avg. $153.6k – $264.3k · 7 jobs
Vast.ai
Avg. $154.2k – $270.8k · 6 jobs
Tenstorrent
Avg. $95.6k – $477.9k · 6 jobs
xAI
Avg. $168.4k – $337.2k · 5 jobs
Linux salaries by location
Average Linux salaries across 14 locations.
Santa Clara
Avg. $164.6k – $292.9k · 62 jobs
San Francisco
Avg. $214.2k – $298.2k · 30 jobs
Livingston
Avg. $140.4k – $199.7k · 18 jobs
Sunnyvale
Avg. $137.9k – $226.9k · 11 jobs
Austin
Avg. $129.1k – $411.5k · 8 jobs
San Jose
Avg. $153.6k – $264.3k · 7 jobs
Palo Alto
Avg. $168.4k – $337.2k · 5 jobs
Toronto
Avg. $115.8k – $233.5k · 4 jobs
London
Avg. $100.2k – $133.9k · 4 jobs
Warszawa
Avg. $74.2k – $161.6k · 3 jobs
Related titles
Top paying titles across 6 titles.
Software Engineering
Avg. $196.0k – $313.4k · 513 jobs
Hardware Engineering
Avg. $152.7k – $307.6k · 209 jobs
DevOps
Avg. $183.5k – $286.1k · 203 jobs
Infrastructure Engineering
Avg. $201.0k – $315.7k · 184 jobs
Machine Learning Engineer
Avg. $209.3k – $344.8k · 161 jobs
Software Engineer
Avg. $190.8k – $312.1k · 160 jobs
Related skills
Linux salary FAQs
All salary figures are normalized to USD annual equivalents. Averages are based on published jobs with salary data and filtered for statistical outliers.