Contract
His contract with Burgos-Burpellet BH ends in 2026, and no deal for 2027 has been announced.
End year from ProCyclingStats; no announcement on record.
Salary by season
Reported Model
Base salary only: bonuses, prize money and personal sponsors come on top.
How this estimate is made. Team wage pool €1.26M (budget €3.5M × 36%), split by role and results at signing, with a floor of €45k for this rider. Measured error against the 28 reported salaries: median 25.0%. See the test · Full method · Why the number sticks.
Career
Turned pro in 2013. Points and wins per season from ProCyclingStats. Prize money is what the rider generated at WorldTour and ProSeries races (from 2022) — pooled with the team, not kept. Generated since 2022: €9,555.
| Season | Team | PCS pts | Wins | Prize money | Salary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Burgos-Burpellet BH ProTeam | 195 | — | €1,095 | €76k Model |
| 2025 | Burgos-Burpellet BH ProTeam | 168 | 1 | €350 | n/a |
| 2024 | Terengganu Cycling Team Continental | 306 | — | €8,015 | n/a |
| 2023 | EF Education-EasyPost WorldTour | 87 | — | €95 | €94k Model |
| 2022 | EF Education-EasyPost WorldTour | 87 | 1 | €0 | €101k Model |
| 2021 | Astana-Premier Tech WorldTour | 258 | 1 | n/a | €174k Model |
| 2020 | Astana Pro Team WorldTour | 87 | — | n/a | n/a |
| 2019 | Astana Pro Team WorldTour | 469 | 3 | n/a | n/a |
| 2018 | Team Dimension Data WorldTour | 238 | 1 | n/a | n/a |
| 2017 | Team Dimension Data WorldTour | 309 | — | n/a | n/a |
| 2016 | Team Dimension Data WorldTour | 204 | — | n/a | n/a |
| 2015 | MTN-Qhubeka ProTeam | 152 | — | n/a | n/a |
| 2014 | MTN-Qhubeka ProTeam | 213 | — | n/a | n/a |
| 2013 | Bretagne-Séché Environnement ProTeam | 86 | — | n/a | n/a |
Prize money before 2022 was not collected. Salary estimates cover WorldTeam seasons from 2021 (season model v0.1 — that year's budgets, reported salaries and rosters; wider error than 2026, see Salaries by season). ProTeam seasons before 2026 are not modelled.
Net worth and career earnings
Merhawi Kudus has earned an estimated €455k from salary and prize money since 2021 (€445k salary, €9,555 prize money generated), before tax. There is no reliable public figure for his net worth: personal sponsorships, bonuses and investments are not public and are not included.
Prize money is paid to the team and shared among riders and staff, so he keeps only part of it. All 4 salary seasons are model estimates. Season by season ↑ · Career earnings top 100 →
Similar riders
Teammates on a similar salary
- Daniel Cavia Burgos-Burpellet BH · €75k Model
- José Manuel Díaz Burgos-Burpellet BH · €72k Model
- Jesús Herrada Burgos-Burpellet BH · €84k Model
- Alexandre Mayer Burgos-Burpellet BH · €65k Model
Similar salary, other teams
- Milan Lanhove Flanders-Baloise · €76k Model
- Harm Vanhoucke Pinarello Q36.5 · €76k Model
- José Félix Parra Caja Rural-Seguros RGA · €77k Model
- Marcin Budziński MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort · €78k Model
Other riders from Eritrea
- Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier Lidl-Trek · €385k Model
- Henok Mulubrhan XDS Astana · €718k Model
- Natnael Tesfatsion Movistar Team · €783k Model
Also out of contract at the end of 2026
- Florian Dauphin TotalEnergies · €78k Model
- Thibault Guernalec TotalEnergies · €78k Model
- Joseph Pidcock Pinarello Q36.5 · €74k Model
What the numbers work out to
- Per race day
- €1,434 (53 race days)
- Per kilometre raced
- €10 (7,953 km)
- Per PCS point
- €390 (195 points)
- Prize money generated, as % of salary
- 1.4%
The 2026 base salary (Model) divided by the season's numbers. Race days, kilometres and wins to 12 September 2026; points as above. Method · Per race day ranking · Per point · Per win
Sources
- €76k, 2026 — our model, v0.9.1 (30 Oct 2026). Method
- Contract to 2026 — ProCyclingStats, 22 September 2026 Open
- Agent — FirstCycling agency page (agency rosters read Sep 2026, data
- Results, points and prize money — ProCyclingStats, 16 September 2026 Open · FirstCycling
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Also with SEG Cycling
FAQ
How much does Merhawi Kudus earn?
We estimate Merhawi Kudus's base salary for 2026 at €76k a year: about €6,333 a month or €1,462 a week, before tax. It is a model estimate; the likely range for his job at this team is €57k–95k. Bonuses, prize money and personal sponsors are not included.
How much do pro cyclists earn? — medians, minimums and pay by job on one page.
Until when is Merhawi Kudus under contract?
His contract with Burgos-Burpellet BH ends in 2026, and no deal for 2027 has been announced.
Who is Merhawi Kudus's agent?
SEG Cycling (source: FirstCycling agency page (agency rosters read Sep 2026, data).
What is Merhawi Kudus's net worth?
Merhawi Kudus has earned an estimated €455k from salary and prize money since 2021 (€445k salary, €9,555 prize money generated), before tax. There is no reliable public figure for his net worth: personal sponsorships, bonuses and investments are not public and are not included. Prize money is paid to the team and shared among riders and staff, so he keeps only part of it.