Does US Navy pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, US Navy employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.0 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at US Navy. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at US Navy?

65% of US Navy employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated US Navy 2.6 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.5 for culture and values and 4.1 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at US Navy?

Electronics Technician (655) , E5 - Navy - Petty Officer Second Class (609) , Hospital Corpsman (577) , Logistics Specialist (454) , Officer (403) , E6 - Navy - Petty Officer, First Class (363) , E7 - Navy - Chief Petty Officer (339) , Naval Officer (322) , Information Systems Technician (321) , Nuclear Machinist Mate (298) , Surface Warfare Officer (259) , Nuclear Submarine Officer (249) , Aviation Electronics Technician (243) , Avionics Technician (214) , Nuclear Electricians Mate Navy (209)

What are the pros of working at US Navy according to real employee reviews?

"It's got great benefits and you get out of it what you put into it" ((in 4036 reviews)); "The pay Is good depending on rank and the majority of it is not taxed which is nice." ((in 1505 reviews)); "It's pretty nice that you have great job security for the length of our contract" ((in 1100 reviews)); "Great people that pour their heart and soul into a job to get optimum results." ((in 935 reviews)); "Great opportunities if you have the motivation to seek them out and take advantage of them." ((in 779 reviews))

What are the cons of working at US Navy according to real employee reviews?

"At times pulled some long hours and worked in some challenging locations in the world." ((in 2257 reviews)); "Poor leadership leads to high turnover and increased sharing of individuals recommending others to not join." ((in 1257 reviews)); "No work/life balance and unorganized" ((in 853 reviews)); "Time away from family can be rough and long hours" ((in 675 reviews)); "Poor management but improving" ((in 310 reviews))

What are employees saying about US Navy layoffs in 2026?

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

US Navy reviews

3.8

65% would recommend to a friend

(32,002 total reviews)

Sean Stackley

65% approve of CEO

56% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.1

Career opportunities

4.0

Diversity & inclusion

4.0

Compensation and benefits

3.5

Culture & values

3.1

Senior management

2.6

Work/Life balance

US Navy has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 32,002 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The US Navy employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Regierung & öffentliche Verwaltung industry (3.6 stars).

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Gender

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Reviews by job title

32K reviews

2.0

Dec 8, 2008

US Navy If you need to work now.

Electronics technician

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Proud to serve but if you don't like kissing ass and are a poor test taker your done for

Cons

Deployments and poor leadership, hard to advance

4.0

Dec 5, 2008

Navy - Never Again Volunteer Yourself, but really not as bad as you may think

Intelligence analyst

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Guaranteed Retirement...advancement up to a point is completely fair. Housing is provided, cost of live birth for children is under 20 bones and they give you very high transfer monies, often times very unbeatable...

Cons

Too many to list. No compromises, an absurdly high amount of rude, angry, disgruntled big headed people. Being humble looks bad and the service is rife with sexual tension ALWAYS! Long hours, no say in where you go, no say in how a process can work better. Too many instructions and too many niches.

4.0

Nov 29, 2008

Where did the office go?

Dca

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Travel and education are unbeatable. If you like to work in a high paced environment where you never know what the next challenge will be, then you will love the Navy. There is no "normal" day in the life of a Naval Officer and if that excites you then you have found the rigth career.

Cons

Travel; if you don't like the idea that your office is most likely never going to be in the same place for much longer than a week or two, then you won't like the Navy. Long hours are the norm and most days you aquire more tasks than you had a chance to finish perpetuating your work list well beyond your tenure. Constant leadership changeout (you included) leads to a lot blind siding of events or task that should have been accomplished "yesterday."

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