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Workday Salary

Workday pays a median of $160K ($137K–$188K) across 75 public job postings (2025–2026).

💰 $137K–$188K salary range

Median: $160K  ·  Based on 75 public Workday job postings  ·  Updated July 1, 2026


This Workday 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

Workday · pay benchmark · updated July 1, 2026
$160K
inc. eng · sales · ops
All-role median
$137K–$188K
Typical range
$686K view JD
Highest base · Sana Learn Customer Success Manager
75
Open roles
~6 yrs
Typical exp.
+75
75 last 90d
New last 30d
ⓘ Base salary only — 53% of roles mention equity
IC salary by seniority
Mid
$137K (12)
Senior
$159K (42)
Staff
$188K (12)
Highest-paying skills
Machine Learning $196KJenkins $190KRAG $189KKafka $189KGCP $186KGit $185KLLMs $185KAWS $180K

Highest-paying open roles at Workday

Workday salary by seniority

  • Mid: $137K median · $193K top base — Software Engineer/Software Development Engineer (P3) (view JD) (12)
  • Senior: $159K median · $297K top base — Sr Manager, Software Development Engineering (view JD) (42)
  • Staff: $188K median · $295K top base — Principal, Software Engineer (Distributed Systems) (view JD) (12)

Workday salary — lead & management

  • Manager: $143K median · $686K top base — Sana Learn Customer Success Manager (view JD) (6)

Remote work at Workday

2% of Workday's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly.

What Workday looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: Python (13) · AWS (11) · Kubernetes (10) · Go (7) · GCP (7) · Java (6) · CI/CD (6) · Terraform (5) · Docker (4) · TypeScript (2).

About Workday

Workday is Public stage · 10,001+ employees · founded 2005 · HQ Pleasanton, California. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at Workday

Roles typically ask for around 6 years of experience (up to 12+ for the most senior). Most postings don't state a degree requirement; of the 23 that do, Bachelor's and Master's 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; 53% of these postings reference equity. Equity is not included in the medians above.

Workday total compensation signals

Beyond the posted-range midpoint, postings indicate: common structures: salaried. Bonus, commission, and equity vary by role and are not included in the base medians above.

Workday hiring activity

Workday has 75 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 75 public job postings with disclosed pay. 75 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (75 in the last 90).

💼 Similar companies hiring

Compare Workday's pay with companies in the same space:

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MongoDB 🍃$169K↑ +6%Public
Genesys$154K↓ -4%Venture-backed
Gusto$184K↑ +15%Series F
Tabs$169K↑ +6%Late Stage
Salesforce$204K↑ +28%Public

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Common questions

What does Workday pay?
The median pay is $160K, with a typical range of $137K–$188K, based on 75 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at Workday?
One of the highest-paying open roles is Sana Learn Customer Success Manager, at $686K 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 75 public Workday 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 1, 2026.

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