Workday software development engineer salary

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Average Workday software development engineer salary

$123,682yearly

$52.47 hourly rate

Entry-level Workday software development engineer salary

$95,000 yearly

Updated April 5, 2024

How much does Workday pay software development engineers?

The average salary for Workday software development engineers is $123,682 per year. Workday software development engineer salaries range between $95,000 to $159,000 per year. Workday software development engineers earn 13% more than the national average salary for software development engineers of $109,147.

Location impacts how much a software development engineer at Workday can expect to make. Software development engineers at Workday make the most in Pleasanton, CA, Vancouver, WA, and Beaverton, OR.

How much does Workday pay software development engineers by location?

Workday pays software development engineers the most in Pleasanton, CA, Vancouver, WA, and Beaverton, OR. Additionally, cities like New York and Salt Lake City also report highly competitive salaries for software development engineers at Workday.

Software development engineer Workday salary by location

Rank	City	Avg. salary	Hourly rate
1	Pleasanton, CA	$137,070	$65.90
2	Vancouver, WA	$127,594	$61.34
3	Beaverton, OR	$113,636	$54.63
4	New York, NY	$103,655	$49.83
5	Salt Lake City, UT	$102,391	$49.23
6	Boston, MA	$100,789	$48.46
7	Austin, TX	$99,371	$47.77
8	Boulder, CO	$90,948	$43.73
9	Minneapolis, MN	$86,310	$41.50
10	Atlanta, GA	$84,569	$40.66

Highest-paid Workday software development engineers by job level

Rank	Job title	Average salary	Hourly rate	Job openings
1	Senior Software Engineer Manager	$157,336	$76	-
2	Principal Software Engineer	$153,253	$74	2
3	Senior Software Architect	$151,920	$73	-
4	Vice President, Software Development	$148,867	$72	-
5	Software Development Manager	$146,842	$71	1
6	Software Leader	$144,553	$70	-
7	Staff Software Engineer	$144,218	$69	-
8	Lead Software Architect	$144,084	$69	-
9	Software Engineer Lead	$143,667	$69	-
10	Senior Software Engineer Lead	$142,926	$69	-

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Recent salaries for software development engineers at workday

Job	Location	Date added	Salary
Software Development Engineer-UI Platform	Pleasanton, CA	06/28/2025	$122,400
Software Development Engineer, Workday Everywhere	Boulder, CO	06/19/2025	$106,400
Software Development Engineer: Deployment Adoption Platform (US Federal)	McLean, VA	06/01/2025	$122,400
Software Development Engineer: Deployment Adoption Platform (US Federal)	McLean, VA	05/30/2025	$122,400
Associate Software Development Engineer-Kubernetes Cloud Platform (US Federal)	Boulder, CO	05/30/2025	$106,400

Software development engineer salary at Workday competitors

Rank	Company	Average salary	Hourly rate	Job openings
1	F5	$135,695	$65	34
2	Zendesk	$132,584	$64	6
3	Fortinet	$131,857	$63	82
4	Twilio	$131,427	$63	4
5	DocuSign	$131,339	$63	7
6	Proofpoint	$129,989	$62	11
7	Epicor	$121,766	$59	-
8	Highmetric	$117,431	$56	-
9	NetSuite	$116,619	$56	-
10	Intuit	$115,586	$56	101
11	Citrix	$109,712	$53	-
12	Akvelon	$106,414	$51	-
13	Ultimate Software	$104,414	$50	10
14	McAfee	$102,603	$49	3
15	Travelport	$96,819	$47	2
16	Infor	$91,049	$44	-
17	Tyler Technologies	$90,063	$43	46
18	PTC	$86,260	$41	21
19	Esri	$85,814	$41	45
20	CSG	$76,337	$37	1

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