Lead Linux Engineer in United States

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$149,151 Median Salary

Entry (P10) Expert (P90)

$104,084 $195,563

Verified as of February 23, 2026

Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in United States citing Lead Linux Engineer.

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead Linux Engineer over the last 6 months in United States.

Number of live job vacancies over time for Lead Linux Engineer in United States.

Metric	2026	Same Period 2025	Same Period 2024
Rank	173	-	-
Rank change year-on-year	-	-	-
Permanent jobs citing Lead Linux Engineer	3	0	0
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK	0.12%	0.11%	0.10%
As % of the Category	-	-	-
Number of salaries quoted	12	0	0
10th Percentile	$104,084
25th Percentile	$114,527
Median annual salary (50th Percentile)	$149,151
Median % change year-on-year	-	-	-
75th Percentile	$177,349
90th Percentile	$195,563

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