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 been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Lockheed Martin?

83% 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 (900) , Systems Engineer (678) , Senior Software Engineer (291) , Engineer (246) , Intern (188) , Senior Systems Engineer (187) , Financial Analyst (177) , Mechanical Engineer (166) , Manufacturing Engineer (134) , Program Manager (112) , Project Manager (111) , Associate Software Engineer (110) , Subcontract Administrator (103) , Quality Engineer (94) , 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 1599 reviews)); "Good pay; and you get to work around some amazing machinery that will fight wars and save lives." ((in 1132 reviews)); "Great work life balance while feeling satisfied and fulfilled by the work I am performing." ((in 1024 reviews)); "People are fair to work with a few bad apples but other than that most people are great." ((in 931 reviews)); "Very flexible and the culture is great." ((in 335 reviews))

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

"Poor management and hard to get things accomplished" ((in 590 reviews)); "Some managers have absolutely zero clue how anything actually gets done and are poor leaders." ((in 291 reviews)); "Senior leadership had a very difficult time articulating that overall strategy and direction for the division." ((in 160 reviews)); "Literal no training and you are told to train yourself in outside programs you have to pay for." ((in 137 reviews)); "The upper management is horrible" ((in 131 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.

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Lockheed Martin reviews

4.1

83% would recommend to a friend

(14,537 total reviews)

James D. Taiclet

82% approve of CEO

73% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.2

Work/Life balance

4.1

Career opportunities

4.0

Diversity & inclusion

3.9

Compensation and benefits

3.8

Culture & values

3.5

Senior management

Lockheed Martin has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 14,537 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).

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Reviews by job title

15K reviews

2.0

Sep 20, 2009

Simulation & Training

Computer systems architect, senior stf

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The pay and benefits package are OK for a company this size. They beleive in promoting higher education to advace your career.

Cons

Too many layers of management. All decisions are done in a committee setting.

4.0

Sep 14, 2009

Systems Engineering

Systems engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Lots of opportunities to change jobs.

Cons

Hard to move up the ladder.

4.0

Aug 30, 2009

Job Description and pay are two separate things at Lockheed

Senior member engineering staff

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good People. Competitive benefits like most large companies. There is an engineering union called ASPEP that gets a higher raise for their employees and some additional benefits. Like I said, the benefits are not the bestest but just competitive with other large corporations except for the added union benefits. There is flexible work schedules that can be negotiated with your management. Pleasant work environment. Work is diverse. I think career advancement must be an obsession for the employee if one wants to advance in the company. It will not be given and there are maturity rules and requirements to get promoted in the union for engineers.

Cons

Focus is on full spectrum leadership throughout the ranks. Senior management emphasizes diversity, but the makeup of the departments show clearly that minorities have a glass ceiling. Their technical director group all comprise of white males and females - There is almost no chance of a minority getting a position in this group. Some of my friends have tried but were turned away because of maturity reasons. There are many minorities at the team lead level, and some at FLM level. Not sure why this is the case, just based on observations. No Asian minorities at the senior management level. This company also has a bias with military academy graduates as oppose to civilian college graduates in management positions. All AEGIS related work only.

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