Grafana Salary at Startups (2026): $150k median

Market Signal (September 2026)

Top Hirers: Chronograph leads hiring for Grafana roles with 3 active posts, followed by Zefr.

🌍 Location & Remote Dynamics

Remote-Friendly: Grafana is highly remote-friendly, with 59% of roles open to remote work. Remote Premium: Remote Grafana roles currently fetch a 11% salary premium (median $155,000) compared to onsite positions.

💡 Tech Stack Context

Common Stack: 65% of Grafana jobs also require Prometheus, and 59% mention AWS.

💰 Compensation Analysis

The median base salary for Grafana developers is $150,000, with top-tier roles (P75) reaching $170,000.

Grafana salary FAQ

What is the median Grafana developer salary at startups?

The median Grafana salary is $150k, based on 17 verified Hacker News 'Who is Hiring' listings as of June 2026.

What is the salary range for Grafana roles?

Grafana roles run from $129k (25th percentile) to $170k (75th percentile), with top listings reaching $300k.

Do remote Grafana jobs pay more than onsite?

Remote Grafana roles show a median of $155k versus $140k onsite in this dataset.

Grafana jobs

COMPANY	ROLE	SALARY	VIBE	STACK
Datadog	Engineer	$300,000 - $300,000	[E] CRUNCH	Datadog Grafana Golang	HN Apply
Prophet Town LLC	Platform Engineer and Full-Stack Engineer	$220,000 - $350,000	[F] grind	AWS GCP Kubernetes +21	HN Apply
EnigmoFi	DevOps / SRE	$192,000 +	[F] grind	AWS Kubernetes Docker +5	HN Apply
Zefr	Staff or Principal Site Reliability Engineer	$190,000 - $235,000	@HR grind	GCP AWS Gke +10	HN Apply
Seeq	Staff Software Engineer (Frontend, Backend, Platform)	$170,000 +	@HR stable	Java React PostgreSQL +5	HN Apply
Mailgun	Senior Golang Engineer	$165,000 - $190,000	[E] grind	Golang MongoDB Cassandra +6	HN Apply
Chronograph	Senior Software Engineer	$160,000 - $205,000	[E] CRUNCH	Kubernetes Prometheus Grafana +11	HN Apply
Chronograph	DevOps Engineer	$150,000 - $170,000	[E] grind	Kubernetes Prometheus Grafana +8	HN Apply
Zefr	Senior Site Reliability Engineer	$150,000 - $170,000	[E] CRUNCH	GCP AWS Kubernetes +12	HN Apply
Chronograph	DevOps Engineer	$140,000 - $160,000	[E] grind	Kubernetes Prometheus Grafana +8	HN Apply
Seeq	Staff Software Engineer (Frontend, Backend, Platform)	$140,000 - $180,000	[E] grind	React TypeScript Android +6	HN Apply
Godel Terminal	Frontend Engineer, Backend Engineer	$140,000 - $250,000	[E] grind	TypeScript React Websockets +13	HN Apply
Credit Acceptance	Senior Site Reliability Engineer	$129,000 - $170,000	[E] stable	AWS Azure CI/CD +5	HN Apply
General Fusion	Senior HPC System Administrator	CA$126,000 - CA$154,000 ≈ $92k	[E] stable	Rocky Linux Slurm Infiniband +7	HN Apply
Crisis Text Line, Inc.	Senior Software Engineer - Full Stack	$115,192 - $168,000	[E] stable	AWS CI/CD Datadog +4	HN Apply
BubblyDoo	Full-Stack Software Engineer	€72,000 + ≈ $78k	[F] grind	TypeScript Next.js Vercel +6	HN Apply
Bookarang	DevOps/Backend developer	€55,000 - €72,000 ≈ $59k	@HR grind	Airflow Grafana Prometheus +4	HN Apply

Grafana remote → Grafana onsite → All technologies

Grafana startup salary data

Median Grafana salary over time