Does Lockheed Martin pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Lockheed Martin employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.9 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Lockheed Martin. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Lockheed Martin?

84% of Lockheed Martin employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Lockheed Martin 4.2 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.8 for culture and values and 4.1 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Lockheed Martin?

Software Engineer (907) , Systems Engineer (680) , Senior Software Engineer (293) , Engineer (246) , Intern (188) , Senior Systems Engineer (187) , Financial Analyst (177) , Mechanical Engineer (166) , Manufacturing Engineer (134) , Program Manager (113) , Associate Software Engineer (112) , Project Manager (111) , Subcontract Administrator (103) , Quality Engineer (95) , Project Engineer (89)

What are the pros of working at Lockheed Martin according to real employee reviews?

"Good Benefits and a full catalog of potential tech careers can be had working for them." ((in 1564 reviews)); "Pay is good and most of the people you work with are of similar mind set." ((in 1127 reviews)); "Great work life balance while feeling satisfied and fulfilled by the work I am performing." ((in 1022 reviews)); "People are fair to work with a few bad apples but other than that most people are great." ((in 911 reviews)); "Great opportunities to learn about engineering and complex systems" ((in 320 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Lockheed Martin according to real employee reviews?

"Poor management and hard to get things accomplished" ((in 587 reviews)); "Some managers have absolutely zero clue how anything actually gets done and are poor leaders." ((in 285 reviews)); "Senior leadership had a very difficult time articulating that overall strategy and direction for the division." ((in 156 reviews)); "Literal no training and you are told to train yourself in outside programs you have to pay for." ((in 140 reviews)); "The upper management is horrible" ((in 140 reviews))

What are employees saying about Lockheed Martin layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Lockheed Martin layoffs and their outlook for job security at Lockheed Martin in 2026.

Lockheed Martin reviews

4.1

84% would recommend to a friend

(14,577 total reviews)

James D. Taiclet

83% approve of CEO

73% positive business outlook

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Lockheed Martin has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 14,577 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Lockheed Martin employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Luft- & Raumfahrt, Verteidigung industry (3.6 stars).

Reviews by job title

15K reviews

1.0

Jan 4, 2023

Poor managment

Senior electronic associate inpector

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Set schedule, benefits, at least 1 week vacation. For christmas

Cons

Micro manage, try to get employees fired, drama, zero consequences for people who sexually harass hourly

4.0

Nov 20, 2022

Depends on the BA/program!

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great company for early in your career or late in your career.

Cons

Each BA/program is different. I’ve been on two, one was very exciting, had a great team, and I learned plenty (MFC Orlando/R&D program). The other (RMS King of Prussia) lacked excitement and had very few more experienced engineers to learn from, it was also full of LM built libraries (third-party libs are preferred) and outdated tooling (i.e. Jenkins, Bitbucket). No efforts were being made to improve and the team lacked ambition.

5.0

Nov 19, 2022

Great Company

Senior project engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Coming from a company with poor work/life before, Lockheed Martin was fantastic! Pleasure working with some of the greatest minds in their field.

Cons

Need to assess pay; getting beat in the industry.

Lockheed Martin Response

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Hi and thanks for the feedback! We are so happy that you value flexibility and emphasis on work life balance as much as we do! We try to keep our employees needs at the forefront of our efforts for continuously improving our culture, this includes our amazing offering of the 4x10 schedule for some employees. We are sorry that you do not see pay being competitive with other industries. If you have concerns we encourage to reach out to HR and have a conversation. We hope you’re at Lockheed Martin for many years to come!

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