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 (902) , 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 1642 reviews)); "Pay is good and most of the people you work with are of similar mind set." ((in 1102 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 920 reviews)); "Great opportunities to learn about engineering and complex systems" ((in 317 reviews))

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

"Poor management and hard to get things accomplished" ((in 585 reviews)); "Some managers have absolutely zero clue how anything actually gets done and are poor leaders."" ((in 297 reviews)); "Senior leadership had a very difficult time articulating that overall strategy and direction for the division." ((in 158 reviews)); "Literal no training and you are told to train yourself in outside programs you have to pay for." ((in 139 reviews)); "The upper management is horrible" ((in 136 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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4.1

83% would recommend to a friend

(14,540 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 14,540 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 Aérospatiale et défense industry (3.6 stars).

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Reviews by job title

15K reviews

4.0

Jan 21, 2010

A Great Place to Start Your Career

Systems engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

+ Interesting problems + Theres always work available + Flexible hours + Great place to start a career + (Generally) nice co-workers

Cons

+ System of rewarding employees is broken + Engineering is dying within the company, the leaders seems to value management more than technical competency

4.0

Jan 21, 2010

Challenging Technical Assignments

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Challenging and rewarding technical work for engineers in an atmosphere of cutting edge technology. Assignments are especially rewarding for systems engineers.

Cons

Management in some locations works in cliques and doesn't have the best interest of the company in mind. This leads to managment not listening to good contructive (emphasis) ideas that would benefit the company.

3.0

Jan 21, 2010

Good place to earn a paycheck

Software engineer ii

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Flexible work schedule Very reasonable deadlines Comparable salary to private sector companies Nice people, albeit apathetic work wise Opportunities for lateral movement

Cons

Speaking from the point of view of a software developer, there's no technical ambition at the company. Technology is very antiquated. The workers are just trying to earn a paycheck and do not care much for technical growth nor are they passionate about their work. As with any defense contractor, they are more concerned with the the reports and documents than a quality product.

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