The invention belongs to the technical field of heat treatment, in particular to a composite stepped carburizing and quenching technology of a gear shaft. The composite stepped carburizing and quenching technology of the gear shaft includes the steps of entering furnace and heating, preserving heat, reheating, preserving heat of the stepped carburizing and quenching, reducing temperature and preserving heat, outing furnace and quenching, and the like. By adoption the composite stepped carburizing and quenching technology of the gear shaft, a constant temperature is firstly applied at a temperature below the critical point of the transformation before the workpiece is carburized, the temperature of the workpiece tends to be uniform inside and outside the temperature, thus, the internal and external temperature difference, the heating speed, and the thermal stress are reduced; and in carburizing stage, the stepped carburizing is adopted, that is, increase of cyclation and decrease of carbon concentration gradient, thus, the diffusion rate of carbon atoms is increased, the holding time of workpieces at high temperature is reduced, the deformation of heat treatment is reduced, and the requirements of metallurgical structure and mechanical properties are met.