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Average Workday software engineer salary

$119,473yearly

$48.2 hourly rate

Entry-level Workday software engineer salary
$92,000 yearly
Updated April 5, 2024

How much does Workday pay software engineers?

The average salary for Workday software engineers is $119,473 per year. Workday software engineer salaries range between $92,000 to $154,000 per year. Workday software engineers earn 19% more than the national average salary for software engineers of $100,260.

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

How much does Workday pay software engineers by location?

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

Software engineer Workday salary by location

RankCityAvg. salaryHourly rate
1Pleasanton, CA$143,104$68.80
2Vancouver, WA$139,597$67.11
3Beaverton, OR$115,004$55.29
4Salt Lake City, UT$105,372$50.66
5New York, NY$99,980$48.07
6Austin, TX$97,300$46.78
7Boulder, CO$96,456$46.37
8Boston, MA$93,546$44.97
9Minneapolis, MN$85,131$40.93
10Atlanta, GA$83,785$40.28

Highest-paid Workday software engineers by job level

RankJob titleAverage salaryHourly rateJob openings
1Software Director$169,217$81-
2Chief Software Architect$167,740$81-
3Vice President Of Software Engineering$166,306$80-
4Senior Software Engineer Manager$157,336$76-
5Principal Software Engineer$153,253$742
6Software Engineering Manager$152,302$73-
7Senior Software Architect$151,920$73-
8Systems Architect$151,341$73-
9Vice President, Software Development$148,867$72-
10Software Development Manager$146,842$711

Recent salaries for software engineers at workday

JobLocationDate addedSalary
Software Engineer-Public Cloud EngineeringPleasanton, CA06/25/2025$122,400
Software Engineer-Public Cloud EngineeringBoston, MA06/19/2025$122,400
Mlops Software EngineerAtlanta, GA05/22/2025$106,400
Software Engineer-Public Cloud EngineeringPleasanton, CA05/02/2025$122,400
Software Engineer-Public Cloud EngineeringBoston, MA04/29/2025$122,400

Software engineer salary at Workday competitors

RankCompanyAverage salaryHourly rateJob openings
1DocuSign$129,932$6232
2Twilio$128,043$625
3Zendesk$126,804$617
4Fortinet$124,986$6084
5F5$124,339$6030
6Proofpoint$121,411$584
7Epicor$120,769$58-
8Highmetric$116,242$56-
9NetSuite$116,055$56-
10Citrix$111,934$54-
11Akvelon$105,893$51-
12Ultimate Software$105,097$5161
13McAfee$103,645$503
14Intuit$100,594$48119
15Travelport$92,567$452
16Infor$91,191$44-
17PTC$89,047$4324
18Tyler Technologies$83,961$408
19Esri$83,517$4050
20CSG$80,780$391

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