The invention discloses a method for extracting lithium salt from spodumene, comprising the following steps: roasting, transforming, cooling, levigating, mixing size, carrying out pressure leaching, lowering temperature, reducing pressure, carbonizing, separating, washing, removing impurities, carrying out thermal decomposition, carrying out centrifugal separation, rinsing, drying and the like to obtain the qualified lithium carbonate product. The invention adopts the pressure leaching process to extract the lithium from the spodumene, has the advantages of simple and practical process, low production cost, less pollution, stable product quality and high resource utilization, better economic and social benefits, and suitability for extracting the lithium in industrialization.