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Northrop Grumman Technician Salary

Northrop Grumman's 27 open roles for technicians post a median $64.6k/yr, typically $62.9k–$117k/yr, from 25 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 technicians: 50% below it
Technicians at every space company
median $73.8k/yr
Northrop Grumman: 12% below it
All US aerospace engineering and operations technologists and technicians, May 2025
median $82.9k/yr
Northrop Grumman's postings: 22% below it
Highest posted top
$132k/yr
Laser Technician 4

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 technician pay by level

Level the title namesOpen rolesMedianTypical pay
Entry, associate or level I6$56.1k/yr$51k–$76.3k/yr
Level II11$64.5k/yr$64.5k–$93.4k/yr
Level III5$81.5k/yr$76.7k–$107k/yr
Level IV and above2Too few figures
Title names no level3Too 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 technicians

  • Corinne, UT7 roles, median $61.9k/yr
  • Redondo Beach, CA4 roles, median $81.8k/yr
  • Commerce, CA2 roles
  • Kennedy Space Center, FL2 roles
  • Salt Lake City, UT2 roles
  • Chandler, AZ1 role
  • Clearfield, UT1 role
  • Devens, MA1 role
  • Dulles, VA1 role

Open Northrop Grumman roles for technicians, highest pay first

Updated 31 Oct 2026, 01:02 UTC

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Questions about Northrop Grumman pay for technicians

How much does Northrop Grumman pay technicians?

Northrop Grumman's open roles for technicians post a median $64.6k/yr, typically $62.9k–$117k/yr, from 25 distinct pay figures in 25 of its 27 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 $132k/yr, for Laser Technician 4.

What does Northrop Grumman pay technicians at each level?

By the level each title names: entry, associate or level I: a median $56.1k/yr (6 roles); level II: a median $64.5k/yr (11 roles); level III: a median $81.5k/yr (5 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 technicians more than other space companies?

Northrop Grumman's median, $64.6k/yr, is 12% below the $73.8k/yr median of the 1,022 open roles for technicians at every space company we read (Northrop Grumman's among them).

Do technicians earn more than other roles at Northrop Grumman?

Northrop Grumman's roles for technicians post a median $64.6k/yr, 50% below 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 technicians compare with the national wage?

The Bureau of Labor Statistics puts the national median wage of aerospace engineering and operations technologists and technicians at $82.9k/yr (May 2025); Northrop Grumman's posted median, $64.6k/yr, is 22% below 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 technicians?

Its open roles for technicians are in Corinne, UT (7), Redondo Beach, CA (4), Commerce, CA (2), Kennedy Space Center, FL (2) and Salt Lake City, UT (2). By place, they post a median of $61.9k/yr in Corinne, UT and $81.8k/yr in Redondo Beach, CA.