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 1% 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 (692) , Systems Engineer (609) , Engineer (281) , Mechanical Engineer (220) , Intern (165) , Program Manager (150) , Associate Software Engineer (144) , 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 1373 reviews)); "So its a great for people who go from undergrad to grad school with minimal experience and can get a well" ((in 1063 reviews)); "good pay and I learned a few new things which was fun." ((in 951 reviews)); "Good work life balance; company tries to not have it's engineers work over 80 hours if possible" ((in 930 reviews)); "You can work on very interesting projects and make a good salary working for Northrop Grumman." ((in 304 reviews))

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

"They expect you to work overtime and they usually need it to make up for poor management." ((in 594 reviews)); "The job postings are very misleading and managers do not understand how to construct an effective team." ((in 329 reviews)); "Hard to get promoted and raises are low" ((in 176 reviews)); "Incompetent upper management due to cronyism and nepotism." ((in 167 reviews)); "Communication is poor and process seems very unorganized." ((in 66 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.

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64% positive business outlook

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4.1

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4.0

Diversity & inclusion

3.7

Culture & values

3.7

Career opportunities

3.6

Compensation and benefits

3.2

Senior management

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5.0

Apr 22, 2026

Great people and variety, site-dependent work

Mechanical engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Fantastic People to work with. Great work variety.

Cons

Work dependent on site location.

4.0

Apr 20, 2026

Great team and culture, but lacks innovation

Principal systems engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great team, people, culture. The product line is interesting as well.

Cons

Not an innovative part of the company, no R&D funding, no attempts to adapt.

2.0

Apr 28, 2026

Bad for software engineers

Principal software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Low expectation. A lot of people just coast and do minimum work. Easy to be a top performer here. Excellent work life balance.

Cons

Poor tooling. Management think letting software engineers use 10+ years old desktops is acceptable. No career growth. Outdated tech stack. Executives and VPs are not taking software development seriously. Keep losing software contracts so not a stable job for software engineers. Fails to retain smart people.

4.0

Apr 9, 2026

Good place to work

Engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Lots of smart people and valuable information and experience.

Cons

Slow moving and lack of innovative technology in propulsion

5.0

Apr 12, 2026

enginere

Engineer

Recommend

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Pros

great company great benefits and people

Cons

boring sometimes but great people and culture

4.0

Apr 10, 2026

Great people, interesting work

Associate software engineer

Recommend

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Pros

Great people! I’ve worked at several locations and everyone is always so nice and helpful. Also lots of opportunity to move around and try new things.

Cons

More of an industry problem, but lots of red tape limiting technology stacks. Lots of legacy products are in use and it’s almost impossible to get new tech into classified environments. This limits how much engineers are able to explains their toolset and prevents project optimization.

5.0

Apr 16, 2026

Great company

Principal transformational physicist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

A great place to work

Cons

Different rules for different people

4.0

Apr 23, 2026

Good people, very manageable workload

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

People are great, not the type of job to murder your sleep schedule

Cons

Work moves a bit slow

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