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Northrop Grumman Program or Project Manager Salary

Northrop Grumman's 42 open roles for program and project managers post a median $174k/yr, typically $127k–$270k/yr, from 39 distinct pay figures, read from its own job board every hour.

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Against other pay

Every Northrop Grumman role
median $132k/yr
Northrop Grumman's program and project managers: 32% above it
Program and project managers at every space company
median $161k/yr
Northrop Grumman: 8% above it
Highest posted top
$290k/yr
Program Manager 3

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 program or project manager pay by level

Level the title namesOpen rolesMedianTypical pay
Entry, associate or level I1Too few figures
Level II1Too few figures
Level III1Too few figures
Level IV and above1Too few figures
Principal or fellow4$127k/yr$117k–$158k/yr
Manager33$178k/yr$163k–$289k/yr
Title names no level1Too few figures

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 program and project managers

  • Dulles, VA9 roles, median $201k/yr
  • Colorado Springs, CO4 roles, median $148k/yr
  • Gilbert, AZ4 roles, median $174k/yr
  • Redondo Beach, CA4 roles, median $131k/yr
  • Chandler, AZ3 roles, median $107k/yr
  • Corinne, UT3 roles, median $174k/yr
  • San Diego, CA3 roles, median $166k/yr
  • Aurora, CO2 roles
  • Oxnard, CA2 roles

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Updated 31 Oct 2026, 04:02 UTC

All 42 Northrop Grumman roles for program and project managers, with their pay

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Questions about Northrop Grumman pay for program and project managers

How much does Northrop Grumman pay program and project managers?

Northrop Grumman's open roles for program and project managers post a median $174k/yr, typically $127k–$270k/yr, from 39 distinct pay figures in 42 of its 42 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 $290k/yr, for Program Manager 3.

What does Northrop Grumman pay program and project managers at each level?

By the level each title names: principal or fellow: a median $127k/yr (4 roles); manager: a median $178k/yr (33 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 program and project managers more than other space companies?

Northrop Grumman's median, $174k/yr, is 8% above the $161k/yr median of the 853 open roles for program and project managers at every space company we read (Northrop Grumman's among them).

Do program and project managers earn more than other roles at Northrop Grumman?

Northrop Grumman's roles for program and project managers post a median $174k/yr, 32% above the $132k/yr median of all its open roles that state pay (Northrop Grumman salaries compares every kind of work).

Where does Northrop Grumman hire program and project managers?

Its open roles for program and project managers are in Dulles, VA (9), Colorado Springs, CO (4), Gilbert, AZ (4), Redondo Beach, CA (4) and Chandler, AZ (3). By place, they post a median of $201k/yr in Dulles, VA, $148k/yr in Colorado Springs, CO and $174k/yr in Gilbert, AZ.