Salesforce vs Workday salary
The median posted base pay for tech jobs is $217K a year at Salesforce and $206K a year at Workday. The median at Salesforce is 5% above the median at Workday. The numbers come from 215 open jobs at Salesforce and 106 open jobs at Workday with posted pay.
Salesforce and Workday: all tech jobs
Salesforce: The middle half of the jobs is from $186K to $247K. Workday: The middle half of the jobs is from $175K to $234K.
| Measure | Salesforce | Workday |
|---|---|---|
| Median posted base pay | $217K | $206K |
| Middle half of the jobs | $186K to $247K | $175K to $234K |
| Median posted range | $150K to $286K | $148K to $264K |
| 10th to 90th percentile | $156K to $271K | $161K to $260K |
| Open jobs with posted pay | 215 | 106 |
Salesforce vs Workday pay by job type
The median for each job type that has 3 or more jobs with posted pay at both companies. The difference compares Salesforce with Workday. One job can have more than one job type.
| Job type | Median at Salesforce | Median at Workday | Difference | Jobs at Salesforce | Jobs at Workday |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Software engineering | $217K | $206K | +5% | 80 | 32 |
| Infra, platform & SRE | $208K | $213K | −2% | 34 | 26 |
| Solutions engineering | $195K | $157K | +24% | 31 | 10 |
| Product management | $229K | $196K | +17% | 21 | 17 |
| Security engineering | $217K | $208K | +4% | 26 | 8 |
| ML / AI engineering | $231K | $241K | −4% | 19 | 13 |
| Inference & ML systems | $251K | $206K | +22% | 8 | 5 |
Salesforce vs Workday pay by level
The median for each level in the job title that has 3 or more jobs with posted pay at both companies.
| Level | Median at Salesforce | Median at Workday | Difference | Jobs at Salesforce | Jobs at Workday |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Level not stated | $197K | $173K | +14% | 84 | 24 |
| Senior | $216K | $206K | +5% | 81 | 50 |
| Principal | $271K | $241K | +12% | 19 | 29 |
| Director+ | $271K | $252K | +7% | 23 | 3 |
Open jobs with the highest posted pay
The five open jobs with the highest posted pay at each company. Each range is the base pay that the company posted.
Salesforce
- Slack VP, Product Design (Individual Contributor; Principal Architect)$258K to $496K
- VP, Experience Design, Informatica and Enterprise Agentic Harness$258K to $496K
- VP, Security Engineering for Product Security$258K to $496K
- SVP, COO - Cloud Success$352K to $473K
- SVP, Platform, Security and New Products - Cloud Success$385K to $457K
Workday
- Sr. Director Product Management - Leader Enablement & Coaching$220K to $408K
- Sr. Principal Architect - Observability$222K to $393K
- Sr Manager, AI Engineering$211K to $383K
- Principal Software Engineer, Agentic UX$206K to $370K
- Principal/Senior AI Engineer - Agent Factory$206K to $370K
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Questions
Which company pays more, Salesforce or Workday?
Salesforce has the higher median posted base pay: $217K a year, against $206K at Workday. The median at Salesforce is 5% above the median at Workday.
What do software engineering jobs pay at Salesforce and Workday?
The median posted base pay for software engineering jobs is $217K at Salesforce (80 jobs) and $206K at Workday (32 jobs).
Does this pay include stock or a bonus?
No. The numbers are the base pay ranges that the companies posted in their open jobs. Stock, a bonus and benefits are not in the numbers. Total pay at these companies can be much higher than base pay.
Where does the data come from?
We read each open job from the job board of Salesforce and of Workday, and we check each job every day. We use only jobs that state a yearly pay range in US dollars.
How we compute these numbers
We read each job from the job board of the company and check it every day. We use only open jobs that state a yearly pay range in US dollars. One job counts with the middle point of its posted range. The median is the middle value of these amounts: half of the jobs are above it and half are below it.
We do not use a range with a bottom below $15,000, a top above $1,000,000, or a top that is more than four times the bottom. A company needs 20 or more open jobs with posted pay to be in a comparison. A job type or a level needs 3 or more jobs at both companies to be a row. Jobs under the same company name count as one company.
The numbers are base pay as the company posted it. They are not the pay of a person, and they do not include stock, a bonus or benefits. For the stock and the bonus that people reported, see Reported pay.