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 (901) , 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 1599 reviews)); "Good pay; and you get to work around some amazing machinery that will fight wars and save lives." ((in 1132 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 931 reviews)); "Very flexible and the culture is great." ((in 335 reviews))

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

"Poor management and hard to get things accomplished" ((in 590 reviews)); "Some managers have absolutely zero clue how anything actually gets done and are poor leaders." ((in 291 reviews)); "Senior leadership had a very difficult time articulating that overall strategy and direction for the division." ((in 160 reviews)); "Literal no training and you are told to train yourself in outside programs you have to pay for." ((in 137 reviews)); "The upper management is horrible" ((in 131 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

83% would recommend to a friend

(14,538 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 14,538 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

1.0

Oct 26, 2022

Bad culture with toxic senior security generalists

Security generalist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Lockheed Martin is a big company with opportunities everywhere.

Cons

Some of the senior security generalists feel the need to put you down and talk bad behind your back. They are very insecure and therefore make you feel as if your experience isn’t enough to be there. The culture allows theses people to stay in their positions and continue to treat you like a child. The pay is horrible. You could make more money begging on a street corner than taking this position.

3.0

Oct 2, 2022

A little too mega-corporate.

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The matching is great, and the work is cool. Good people to have fun with if you’re 25-35~ socially.

Cons

The engineering leadership at the company has a very poor idea of how to handle software jobs. Frankly, working at Lockheed as a software engineer is kind of like actively working for charity. The pay is awful, especially as you get into a mid level position. Performance based promotions are stupidly hard to get, but they’ll give people from other companies $50k starting bonuses. Makes sense, right?

3.0

Sep 28, 2022

Your Mileage May Vary

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

One phrase: work life balance. The 9/80 or 4/10 schedules are very flexible. I rarely worked overtime. The compensation is good, especially for the light workload. Benefits are pretty good, and there's lot of room to jump between projects so work stays fresh.

Cons

Huge, slow, frustrating company. Very old school, and a feeling of complacency abounds - there is very little drive to move quickly, efficiently, or creatively when working on projects here. Lots of red tape and just in general the employees here do not work quickly. Probably goes without saying, but LM is majorly a boys club, especially on the engineering side.

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