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 (900) , 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 1608 reviews)); "Pay is good and most of the people you work with are of similar mind set." ((in 1121 reviews)); "They employ a very dynamic and talented workforce and encourage a good work/ life balance." ((in 1018 reviews)); "People are fair to work with a few bad apples but other than that most people are great." ((in 924 reviews)); "Very flexible and the culture is great." ((in 338 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 289 reviews)); "Senior leadership had a very difficult time articulating that overall strategy and direction for the division." ((in 153 reviews)); "The upper management is horrible" ((in 134 reviews)); "Literal no training and you are told to train yourself in outside programs you have to pay for." ((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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4.1

83% would recommend to a friend

(14,535 total reviews)

James D. Taiclet

82% approve of CEO

72% 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 14,535 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

5.0

Sep 17, 2017

Field and Service Mechanic

F-35 field and service mechanic

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The immense patriotic satisfaction of delivering a technologically advanced product to our military service branches to ensure continued national security dominance over all others. Working with a diverse group of talented people with different backgrounds to achieve a common goal. Having a pay scale, benefits package, and work schedule to fit your needs and quality of life. Plenty of camaraderie and activities, such as Christmas parties, softball teams, and recognition events.

Cons

The chance for layoffs when a program completes. Some of the contractor jobs are union, which means that performance reviews are basically non existent for highly motivated individuals. There are some slackers who should not be compared to other hard workers at all. Other than that, the union is a generally good thing for a voice in such a huge company of industry professionals. I'm neither for it or against it, I just roll with it because it's mandatory.

1.0

Sep 12, 2017

RMS division management is terrible

Senior mechanical engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Depends on the division, decent pay, decent time off/work life balance. some interesting projects. MFC and Aero divisions excellent, RMS division is terrible, poorly managed.

Cons

RMS division is very poorly managed, sub par raises, very few promotions, young, inexperienced people are in management positions making poor business and personnel decisions. Focus is on corporate profits and not the workers doing the work. Too many people reporting about the work instead of doing the work. No paid training and development for senior employees. Too much emphasis on useless metrics and processes and tools that are either not efficient or don't apply to the business unit.

2.0

Jul 31, 2017

They are what the kids call "players"

Systems engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

job security great, esp. if under 50

Cons

toxic overly masculine, militaristic culture. Year 1: we love you Year 2: we love you but Year 3: you are sucking, and btw no raise Year 4: you do everything wrong, and btw no raise Year 5: you better get obsessed with growth, or you just might be laid off someday

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