Does Northrop Grumman pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Northrop Grumman employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.6 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Northrop Grumman. This rating has decreased by 2% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Northrop Grumman?

76% of Northrop Grumman employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Northrop Grumman 4.1 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.7 for culture and values and 3.7 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Northrop Grumman?

Software Engineer (699) , Systems Engineer (613) , Engineer (283) , Mechanical Engineer (221) , Intern (165) , Program Manager (150) , Associate Software Engineer (145) , Project Manager (129) , Principal Systems Engineer (121) , Manufacturing Engineer (115) , Principal Software Engineer (101) , Manager (94) , Associate Systems Engineer (92) , College Technical Intern (90) , Senior Software Engineer (87)

What are the pros of working at Northrop Grumman according to real employee reviews?

"Good benefits and 401k." ((in 1364 reviews)); "So its a great for people who go from undergrad to grad school with minimal experience and can get a well" ((in 1067 reviews)); "good pay and I learned a few new things which was fun." ((in 934 reviews)); "You can have a good work/life balance while you are there since you usually get paid more for overtime which is typically at your discretion." ((in 928 reviews)); "You can work on very interesting projects and make a good salary working for Northrop Grumman." ((in 314 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Northrop Grumman according to real employee reviews?

"Management can be poor and unorganized" ((in 602 reviews)); "The job postings are very misleading and managers do not understand how to construct an effective team." ((in 327 reviews)); "Raises are small unless you move from one job to another and you get a "raise" at the new position within the company." ((in 174 reviews)); "Incompetent upper management due to cronyism and nepotism." ((in 166 reviews)); "Communication is poor and process seems very unorganized." ((in 69 reviews))

What are employees saying about Northrop Grumman layoffs in 2026?

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

Northrop Grumman reviews

3.8

76% would recommend to a friend

(13,339 total reviews)

Kathy Warden

81% approve of CEO

65% positive business outlook

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Northrop Grumman has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 13,339 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Northrop Grumman 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

13K reviews

4.0

Nov 22, 2015

Mostly Satisfied

Project manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great teamwork environment and love what I do.

Cons

The review process is horrible. Leaving management to pick and choose which employees are 5s 4s and 3s only allowing a certain percentage to receive a 5 or 4. It's wrong and allows management to play favortism. So if a manager has 5 people in the group only 1 or 2 can get 5's and manager must choose to down grade the others because they have met their limit. People should be given what they earn and not be down graded because a manager can only give 1 or 2 people 5s. It's a poor review process and in my opinion very unethical. If 5 people are in the group and they all deserve 5s then they should get it.

2.0

Sep 4, 2015

Terrible Compensation for such a large company

Systems engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

9/80 schedule is great People are friendly and ready to help PDP program is great for people fresh out of college

Cons

benefits are some of the worst I've heard of. No profit sharing, bonuses are scarce unless you are the best of the best, and even then they are tiny. Annual salary increases are minuscule. Barely larger than inflation rates.

1.0

Aug 30, 2015

Not for the feint of heart...

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

People are nice, I guess... If you want a really really easy job and have no ambition then this is great...

Cons

Innovation seems to be unwanted. Much of the time, one is handed 'legacy' code and expected to 'make it work'. No QA whatsoever, almost no standards, very much so an ad hoc culture. It seems as though they have taken processes that may work for other industries and just applied it as a 'blanket' to everything. Benefits and pay are subpar for national average. 5/7 to be exact... Would not recommend. If you are a Software Engineer this is not for you, they will not let 'engineer' solutions, instead you will be asked to fix the borders on a table and be given code that does not compile. If you are a programmer and just want to program then maybe, but beware.

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