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?

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 (292) , 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 1577 reviews)); "Pay is good and most of the people you work with are of similar mind set." ((in 1093 reviews)); "Great work life balance while feeling satisfied and fulfilled by the work I am performing." ((in 1033 reviews)); "People are fair to work with a few bad apples but other than that most people are great." ((in 927 reviews)); "Great opportunities to learn about engineering and complex systems" ((in 321 reviews))

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

"Poor management and hard to get things accomplished" ((in 591 reviews)); "Some managers have absolutely zero clue how anything actually gets done and are poor leaders." ((in 295 reviews)); "Senior leadership had a very difficult time articulating that overall strategy and direction for the division." ((in 159 reviews)); "Literal no training and you are told to train yourself in outside programs you have to pay for." ((in 142 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.

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Lockheed Martin reviews

4.1

84% would recommend to a friend

(14,556 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 14,556 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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Reviews by job title

15K reviews

2.0

Mar 14, 2010

Engineering review

Design engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

9/80 work schedule party city if you like that sort of thing

Cons

You must work 5 hours of free overtime before you can start earning pay for overtime. Middle management is clueless, inexperienced and selfish. Facility is very old and not kept up. When they hire, it's not based on skill, experience or anything positive for the team. The pay is well below average and the location is bad, so it is very hard to find good people. They hire whoever is willing to move here, which are people who have been fired or people who can't do the job and already live here.

3.0

Mar 12, 2010

Overall an OK company to work for.

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Ok medical benefits, basic holidays, vacation, additional employee perks are good too. When projects are done perfectly and won appreciation is lauded for those who have dedicated their lives to the project(s).

Cons

Career advancement is difficult. Promotion / Advancement heavily biased towards seniority vs merit-based. Work/Life balance is stressed to everyone, but hard to do when work and deadlines are more important than health and sleep.

4.0

Mar 12, 2010

Good internship experience

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Offered housing stipend to interns which was very helpful since Bethesda is expensive.

Cons

Too much red tape. Some of our projects were nixed by senior level managers.

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