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Workday salaries

What Workday publishes in its job posts: the median, the range, and how pay differs by role, AI level and country. Only salaries from live posts, nothing self-reported.

$197k median · $164k to $220k middle half · 178 job posts with a salary

Updated Nov 15, 2026

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Salary by role at Workday

In USD a year. Range is the middle half of posts from 5 posts, and lowest to highest below that. A row appears from 3 posts.

Published salary at Workday by role
RoleJob postsMedianRange
Software Engineering66$205k$182k to $234k
Sales40$163k$153k to $204k
Product19$220k$210k to $245k
Security8$222k$200k to $236k
Data5$200k$200k to $240k
Operations5$180k$147k to $212k
Education4$165k$154k to $175k
Healthcare3$187k$158k to $218k

Salary by AI level at Workday

Level rates every job by how central AI is to the work. In USD a year.

Published salary at Workday by AI level
AI levelJob postsMedianRange
Builds AI ●●●●13$260k$216k to $285k
Works on AI ●●●○38$210k$175k to $231k
Uses AI ●●○○5$219k$175k to $231k
Little AI ●○○○122$185k$163k to $212k

Salary by country at Workday

Posts published in USD, grouped by the country of the job.

Published salary at Workday by country
CountryJob postsMedianRange
United States178$197k$164k to $220k

Other currencies and hourly pay

Shown apart. Amounts are never converted between currencies or between hourly and annual.

  • EUR: 53 job posts, median €97k, €88k to €120k a year.
  • CAD: 22 job posts, median CAD 192k, CAD 167k to CAD 211k a year.
  • PLN: 4 job posts, median PLN 211k, PLN 186k to PLN 312k a year.
  • SEK: 4 job posts, median SEK 591k, SEK 437k to SEK 810k a year.

Workday job posts with a salary

The 25 most recent of 261. Pay is shown as the employer published it.

Method

Based on 261 job posts at Workday with a published salary, read from the live job posts themselves. Each post counts once, at the midpoint of its listed range. Hourly rates are shown apart from annual pay, and amounts whose period is unclear are left out. Currencies are never converted or mixed. No surveys, no self-reported figures. Updated Nov 15, 2026.

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Workday salary questions, answered from the data

What salary does Workday pay?

Workday job posts with a published annual salary in USD have a median of $197k. The middle half of those posts range from $164k to $220k. That is 178 job posts, as of Nov 15, 2026.

Which roles at Workday list the highest salaries?

Among roles with at least 3 posts that publish a salary, Security has the highest median at $222k, from 8 job posts. The table by role above shows every role that clears the minimum.

Does the salary at Workday change with how much AI the job involves?

Level rates every job by how central AI is to the work. Median published salaries by level at Workday: Builds AI $260k, Works on AI $210k, Uses AI $219k, Little AI $185k. Only levels with at least 3 posts that publish a salary are shown.

Where do these Workday salary figures come from?

From the live job posts at Workday that list a salary, nothing else. Level takes the midpoint of each listed range, then reports the median and the middle half of posts once there are at least 3. Amounts are never converted between currencies, and amounts whose period is unclear are left out.

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