The invention provides a method for degrading hydrocarbon pollutants in oil field oily sludge by using microorganisms. The method comprises the following steps of: S1, chemical thermal washing: takingoily sludge, adding clear water according to a certain liquid-solid ratio, mixing the clear water with the oily sludge, adding a chemical surfactant, and performing heating and stirring in a reactionkettle, conducting centrifugal separation after cleaning, collecting and recycling an upper-layer oil phase, and obtaining a solid-state layer to be treated; S2, biological thermal washing: taking the solid-state layer obtained in the step S1, adding clear water according to a certain liquid-solid ratio, mixing the clear water with the to-be-treated phase of the solid-state layer, adding a biological surfactant, and arranging an obtained mixture in a reaction kettle so as to heat and stir the mixture, conducting centrifugal separation after cleaning, collecting and recycling an upper-layer oil phase, and obtaining a solid-state layer is to be treated; and S3, microbial degradation: mixing the solid-state layer with wood chips, and adding a compound microbial agent, and then carrying out compost degradation. The oil content of the oily sludge treated by the method is less than or equal to 0.1%, and the content of C4-C20 is less than or equal to 0.01%.