Workday solutions engineering salaries

Across 23 open solutions engineering postings at Workday that state a range, the middle half pays $101k–$173k a year, with a median of $148k. The lowest posted floor is $59k and the highest ceiling $243k. This is base pay as posted by Workday, converted to US dollars; equity and bonus are not included.

From pay ranges in open postingsRebuilt 13 Oct 2026

The range

Lowest floor$59k
25th percentile$101k
Median$148k
75th percentile$173k
Highest ceiling$243k

Postings by the midpoint of the posted range, in steps of $20k

Middle halfMedian bucket

Median by team at Workday

Engineering leadership$300k
Security$200k
DevOps and infrastructure$197k
Finance$189k
AI and machine learning$173k
Solutions engineering$148k

Postings with a stated range: Engineering leadership 6 · Product management 20 · Security 10 · DevOps and infrastructure 14 · Finance 14 · Backend engineering 46 · AI and machine learning 19 · Solutions engineering 23

Solutions engineering pay by level

LevelPostingsMedianMiddle half
Senior15$148k$117k–$156k
Staff and principal6$183k$173k–$194k

Best-paid open solutions engineering roles

Forward Deployed Partner Architect
PleasantonStaff and principal
$162k–$243kSep 9
$156k–$234kOct 2
Sr Solution Architect
San Francisco · ChicagoStaff and principal
$155k–$232kSep 28
$147k–$221kSep 2
$139k–$208kSep 10
Presales - Sr. Enterprise Architect- FSI
New YorkStaff and principal
$139k–$208kSep 24

40 solutions engineering roles open at Workday now

23 of them show the pay range on the posting.

Questions

How much does Workday pay for solutions engineering roles?

The median of the 23 posted ranges is $148k a year; the middle half sits between $101k and $173k.

Is this base salary or total compensation?

Base salary as written in the posting. Many US employers post ranges under state pay transparency laws (California, New York, Washington, Colorado and others); equity and bonus are not part of these figures.

Why posted ranges and not self-reported salaries?

A posted range is what the employer commits to for a role it has open today. It is fresher than a survey and cannot be inflated by respondents. Each posting counts once, at the midpoint of its range.

Which level pays most?

Staff and principal roles have the highest median here: $183k a year across 6 postings.

Source: the pay ranges of 23 open postings on Workday's careers board; the midpoint of each rangeUpdated 13 Oct 2026MethodologyJSONCC BY-SA 4.0