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Northrop Grumman GNC Engineer Salary

Northrop Grumman's 18 open roles for GNC engineers post a median $143k/yr, typically $124k–$266k/yr, from 18 distinct pay figures, read from its own job board every hour.

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Against other pay

Every Northrop Grumman role
median $130k/yr
Northrop Grumman's GNC engineers: 10% above it
GNC engineers at every space company
median $166k/yr
Northrop Grumman: 14% below it
All US aerospace engineers, May 2025
median $135k/yr
Northrop Grumman's postings: 6% above it
Highest posted top
$266k/yr
Staff Ground Software Engineer – Mission Planning & Astrodynamics

Typical pay is the 25th percentile of what roles pay (the middle of each posted range, as a year's pay: an hourly rate counts at 2,080 hours, 40 a week for 52 weeks) to the 90th-percentile posted top. Pay is compared as a year's pay: an hourly rate counts at 2,080 hours (40 a week for 52 weeks), a weekly one at 52 weeks, a monthly one at 12 months. A posting that names only a ceiling ("up to $X") is left out of the figures.

Northrop Grumman GNC engineer pay by level

Level the title namesOpen rolesMedianTypical pay
Level II1Too few figures
Level III6$123k/yr$123k–$171k/yr
Level IV and above3$191k/yr$184k–$258k/yr
Lead1Too few figures
Staff2Too few figures
Title names no level5$144k/yr$125k–$203k/yr

A level is read from the title, the first that applies from an internship to a director (the reading of our research on career levels and pay). A figure needs three distinct posted rates.

Where Northrop Grumman hires GNC engineers

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Updated 31 Oct 2026, 11:02 UTC

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Questions about Northrop Grumman pay for GNC engineers

How much does Northrop Grumman pay GNC engineers?

Northrop Grumman's open roles for GNC engineers post a median $143k/yr, typically $124k–$266k/yr, from 18 distinct pay figures in 18 of its 18 postings. Typical pay here is the 25th percentile of what roles pay (the middle of each posted range, as a year's pay: an hourly rate counts at 2,080 hours, 40 a week for 52 weeks) to the 90th-percentile posted top. The highest posted top is $266k/yr, for Staff Ground Software Engineer – Mission Planning & Astrodynamics.

What does Northrop Grumman pay GNC engineers at each level?

By the level each title names: level III: a median $123k/yr (6 roles); level IV and above: a median $191k/yr (3 roles). A level is read from the title ("Engineer II", "Senior", "Lead"); titles that name none are left out of this answer.

Does Northrop Grumman pay GNC engineers more than other space companies?

Northrop Grumman's median, $143k/yr, is 14% below the $166k/yr median of the 341 open roles for GNC engineers at every space company we read (Northrop Grumman's among them).

Do GNC engineers earn more than other roles at Northrop Grumman?

Northrop Grumman's roles for GNC engineers post a median $143k/yr, 10% above the $130k/yr median of all its open roles that state pay (Northrop Grumman salaries compares every kind of work).

How does Northrop Grumman's pay for GNC engineers compare with the national wage?

The Bureau of Labor Statistics puts the national median wage of aerospace engineers at $135k/yr (May 2025); Northrop Grumman's posted median, $143k/yr, is 6% above it. A posting states what a new hire is offered, the national figure what everyone in the occupation earns, so the two measure different people. Source: BLS wage estimates by state (OEWS, May 2025), read through O*NET OnLine, CC BY 4.0.

Where does Northrop Grumman hire GNC engineers?

Its open roles for GNC engineers are in Chandler, AZ (10), Dulles, VA (3), Redondo Beach, CA (2), Colorado Springs, CO (1) and McLean, VA (1). By place, they post a median of $125k/yr in Chandler, AZ and $143k/yr in Dulles, VA.