The invention discloses an elevator starting torque compensation method which is used for calculating a torque value which needs to be compensated when an elevator system is started. The elevator system includes a main controller, a speed controller, a starting torque compensator, a torque controller and an executing mechanism; a computing method includes the steps that step 1, a variable is defined; step 2, a value is assigned to the variable; step 3, the variable assignment is recalculated by detecting present running speed feedback information of an elevator; step 4, a value is assigned toa torque compensation value according to a variable result; step 5, the variable value is added with 1; and step 6, the step 3 is repeated again. According to the elevator starting torque compensationmethod, calculated results are high in veracity, calculated speed is high, and the calculated performance is independent of the elevator nature.