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 decreased by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Lockheed Martin?

84% 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 (904) , Systems Engineer (679) , Senior Software Engineer (293) , Engineer (246) , Intern (188) , Senior Systems Engineer (187) , Financial Analyst (177) , Mechanical Engineer (166) , Manufacturing Engineer (134) , Program Manager (113) , 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 1624 reviews)); "Good pay; and you get to work around some amazing machinery that will fight wars and save lives." ((in 1093 reviews)); "They employ a very dynamic and talented workforce and encourage a good work/ life balance." ((in 1030 reviews)); "People are fair to work with a few bad apples but other than that most people are great." ((in 938 reviews)); "Great opportunities for exciting work on multiple programs if you volunteer for it and prive yourself." ((in 325 reviews))

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

"Poor management and hard to get things accomplished" ((in 595 reviews)); "Some managers have absolutely zero clue how anything actually gets done and are poor leaders." ((in 289 reviews)); "Senior leadership had a very difficult time articulating that overall strategy and direction for the division." ((in 156 reviews)); "Literal no training and you are told to train yourself in outside programs you have to pay for." ((in 145 reviews)); "The upper management is horrible" ((in 133 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.

Lockheed Martin reviews

4.1

84% would recommend to a friend

(14,557 total reviews)

James D. Taiclet

82% approve of CEO

73% positive business outlook

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Lockheed Martin has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 14,557 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 Luft- & Raumfahrt, Verteidigung industry (3.6 stars).

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15K reviews

3.0

May 17, 2010

Summer Intern Experience at Lockheed Martin Space Systems

Summer intern

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Lockheed Martin has a great work/life balance, and their intern program is phenomenal, giving students insight into many aspects of the company.

Cons

As a result of being a large company in the defense industry, there are several downsides. Lots of stuff is secret, so there's not too much visibility into all aspects of the company, and the sheer size of the organization makes it hard to get things accomplished. Many layers of entrenched bureaucracy make it hard to improve processes, for example.

4.0

May 17, 2010

Job quality depends on the project and the environment you are in

Senior systems engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

1. Jobs with meaningful purpose 2. Encourage higher career advancement (higher education, training, etc)

Cons

1. Job can be grueling and boring, depending on your current jobs/tasks 2. Work culture can be old-style, rigid, not encouraging to younger engineers. This also depends on your current jobs/tasks.

3.0

May 15, 2010

OK place to work if you want to collect a paycheck and never get anything done.

Anonymous employee

Recommend

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Pros

9/80 schedule at most locations some projects are interesting to work on encourages a good work life balance relaxed dress code in california travel and conferences

Cons

it seems like they hire lots of mediocre employees nothing ever gets accomplished because of politics up high people get moved around because they are incompetent at positions

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Summer Intern Experience at Lockheed Martin Space Systems

Job quality depends on the project and the environment you are in

OK place to work if you want to collect a paycheck and never get anything done.

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