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 (700) , 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?

"Company has good benefits like 401k and medical." ((in 1354 reviews)); "So its a great for people who go from undergrad to grad school with minimal experience and can get a well" ((in 1047 reviews)); "Good work life balance; company tries to not have it's engineers work over 80 hours if possible" ((in 929 reviews)); "good pay and I learned a few new things which was fun." ((in 926 reviews)); "You can work on very interesting projects and make a good salary working for Northrop Grumman." ((in 306 reviews))

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

"Management can be poor and unorganized" ((in 597 reviews)); "The job postings are very misleading and managers do not understand how to construct an effective team." ((in 330 reviews)); "Raises are small and you have to be Superman on Steroids to get rated anything higher then "3" or average on you performance review." ((in 173 reviews)); "Incompetent upper management due to cronyism and nepotism." ((in 165 reviews)); "Poor communication through the chain and different disciplines." ((in 68 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

(13,340 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 13,340 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

1.0

Sep 15, 2021

Lockheed is hiring

Aircraft mechanic

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Pay, benefits, prepaid legal, and time off

Cons

This place is nothing like when Wes Bush ran it.

1.0

Jul 12, 2021

Really terrible place

Manufacturing engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Not a lot of good stuff to stay.

Cons

Really awful place to work if you're enthusiastic about space.

2.0

Jun 15, 2021

Limited communication, needless conflict, lots of time wasted

Associate embedded software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

lots of available work. lots of different people. Surplus of documentation for half of the work.

Cons

Pressure for junior employees to take on high-risk tasks and make promises about time. A severe lack of documentation for half of the work, hard to get info. Discussing and learning solutions for new specs was generally wrong, better to accumulate massive technical debt. Coworkers took minor errors or code changes personally. Direct management often often looked for problems (or scapegoats), interpreted questions and current work as arguments. Failure to respond to communication, often blamed the developer for being blocked on explicitly requested code reviews. Not much info from management on what other opportunities might be available.

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