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Autodesk Salary

Autodesk Salary

Autodesk pays a median of $119K ($102K–$143K) across 140 public job postings (2025–2026).

💰 $102K–$143K salary range

Median: $119K  ·  Based on 140 public Autodesk job postings  ·  Updated July 28, 2026


This Autodesk salary benchmark is built from public job postings — no private placement data. Figures reflect the posted-range midpoint (equity is separate) and are refreshed as new postings are collected.

📊 Salary breakdown

Autodesk · pay benchmark · updated July 28, 2026
$119K
inc. eng · sales · ops
All-role median
$102K–$143K
Typical range
$270K view JD
Highest base · Vice President, Enterprise AI & Analytics
140
Open roles
~7 yrs
Typical exp.
+66
140 last 90d
New last 30d
ⓘ Base salary only — 11% of roles mention equity · options
IC salary by seniority
Mid
$88K (8)
Senior
$119K (60)
Staff
$139K (37)
Pay by location
Remote $111K (25)San Francisco $149K (10)
Highest-paying skills
Team Leadership $167KRAG $149KGCP $145KIam $139KLLMs $131KKubernetes $131KAWS $131KDocker $131K

Highest-paying open roles at Autodesk

Autodesk salary by seniority

  • Mid: $88K median · $99K top base — MCP/AI Developer (view JD) (8)
  • Senior: $119K median · $220K top base — Senior DevOps Engineer, GCPay (view JD) (60)
  • Staff: $139K median · $270K top base — Vice President, Enterprise AI & Analytics (view JD) (37)

Autodesk salary — lead & management

  • Manager: $101K median · $140K top base — Software Development Manager, MCP/AI (view JD) (25)
  • Director: $149K median · $181K top base — Director, Business Development (view JD) (7)

Autodesk salary by location

  • Remote: $111K median · $193K top base — Research Lead / Principal Scientist & Manager Post-Training · Alignment · Reinforcement Learning Autodesk AI Lab: London · San Francisco · Toronto · Remote (US/CA/EU) (view JD) (25 roles)
  • San Francisco: $149K median · $270K top base — Vice President, Enterprise AI & Analytics (view JD) (10 roles)

Remote work at Autodesk

53% of Autodesk's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly. Remote roles run a $117K median vs $105K onsite.

What Autodesk looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: CI/CD (22) · Python (21) · Java (16) · AWS (14) · SQL (10) · Go (10) · JavaScript (9) · Team Leadership (7) · TypeScript (7) · Kubernetes (7).

About Autodesk

Autodesk is Public stage · 10,001+ employees · founded 1982 · HQ San Francisco, California. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at Autodesk

Roles typically ask for around 7 years of experience (up to 15+ for the most senior). Most postings don't state a degree requirement; of the 17 that do, Bachelor's and Master's and PhD are most common.

Posted pay vs. total compensation

The figures on this page are the midpoint of each posting's advertised salary range (which, for commission roles, includes on-target earnings). Equity is a separate — and often large — component of total compensation, especially at high-growth and AI-native companies; 11% of these postings reference equity (options). Equity is not included in the medians above.

Autodesk total compensation signals

Beyond the posted-range midpoint, postings indicate: 78% include commission; on-target earnings run about $155K where stated (11 roles); common structures: salaried. Bonus, commission, and equity vary by role and are not included in the base medians above.

Autodesk hiring activity

Autodesk has 140 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 140 public job postings with disclosed pay. 66 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (140 in the last 90).

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Common questions

What does Autodesk pay?
The median pay is $119K, with a typical range of $102K–$143K, based on 140 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at Autodesk?
One of the highest-paying open roles is Vice President, Enterprise AI & Analytics, at $270K base.

Where does this data come from?
Public job postings on company career pages and public job boards — no private placement or client data.

Methodology

Posted-range midpoints (USD) aggregated from 140 public Autodesk job postings (2025–2026). Range = 25th–75th percentile; median = 50th percentile. Roles, departments, skills, and experience are parsed from the postings. Base salary only — equity excluded. Last refreshed July 28, 2026.

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