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Northrop Grumman Manufacturing Engineer Salary

Northrop Grumman's 31 open roles for manufacturing engineers post a median $112k/yr, typically $99k–$209k/yr, from 29 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 manufacturing engineers: 14% below it
Manufacturing engineers at every space company
median $137k/yr
Northrop Grumman: 18% below it
Highest posted top
$254k/yr
Space Assembly Integration and Test (AI&T) IPT Lead - Staff Engineer Systems

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 manufacturing engineer pay by level

Level the title namesOpen rolesMedianTypical pay
Entry, associate or level I2Too few figures
Level II5$104k/yr$103k–$134k/yr
Level III2Too few figures
Level IV and above1Too few figures
Lead1Too few figures
Staff3$192k/yr$183k–$245k/yr
Principal or fellow10$112k/yr$98.5k–$152k/yr
Manager4$159k/yr$153k–$197k/yr
Title names no level3$99k/yr$99k–$122k/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 manufacturing engineers

  • Corinne, UT9 roles, median $99k/yr
  • Clearfield, UT5 roles, median $123k/yr
  • Chandler, AZ4 roles, median $124k/yr
  • Sterling, VA3 roles, median $138k/yr
  • Baltimore, MD2 roles
  • Commerce, CA2 roles
  • Aurora, CO1 role
  • Dulles, VA1 role
  • Kennedy Space Center, FL1 role

Open Northrop Grumman roles for manufacturing engineers, highest pay first

Updated 31 Oct 2026, 09:02 UTC

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Questions about Northrop Grumman pay for manufacturing engineers

How much does Northrop Grumman pay manufacturing engineers?

Northrop Grumman's open roles for manufacturing engineers post a median $112k/yr, typically $99k–$209k/yr, from 29 distinct pay figures in 30 of its 31 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 $254k/yr, for Space Assembly Integration and Test (AI&T) IPT Lead - Staff Engineer Systems.

What does Northrop Grumman pay manufacturing engineers at each level?

By the level each title names: level II: a median $104k/yr (5 roles); staff: a median $192k/yr (3 roles); principal or fellow: a median $112k/yr (10 roles); manager: a median $159k/yr (4 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 manufacturing engineers more than other space companies?

Northrop Grumman's median, $112k/yr, is 18% below the $137k/yr median of the 890 open roles for manufacturing engineers at every space company we read (Northrop Grumman's among them).

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

Northrop Grumman's roles for manufacturing engineers post a median $112k/yr, 14% below the $130k/yr median of all its open roles that state pay (Northrop Grumman salaries compares every kind of work).

Where does Northrop Grumman hire manufacturing engineers?

Its open roles for manufacturing engineers are in Corinne, UT (9), Clearfield, UT (5), Chandler, AZ (4), Sterling, VA (3) and Baltimore, MD (2). By place, they post a median of $99k/yr in Corinne, UT, $123k/yr in Clearfield, UT and $124k/yr in Chandler, AZ.