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Northrop Grumman GNC engineer salary

Northrop Grumman posts for GNC engineers, a median of across 16 open jobs that state their pay, $30.4k below the other employers post. Read from Northrop Grumman's own job board.

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What GNC engineers are paid at Northrop Grumman

Each bar counts the open jobs posting pay in its step of pay (a range at its midpoint).

Median $139k a year. Middle half $123k to $175k. Tap a bar for its count.

Posted pay figures of 16 open jobs at Northrop Grumman. Lowest posted $65.8k, highest $266k.

Posted on open jobs at Northrop Grumman

$123k–$175k/yr

Middle half of the employer's 16 distinct posted rates, median $139k. 100% of the 16 open GNC engineer jobs at Northrop Grumman state pay.

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Every range Northrop Grumman posts

Each distinct hourly range on its open jobs, with how many jobs post it. Pay differs by unit, shift and experience.

Northrop Grumman GNC engineer pay by state

A state's name opens what every employer posts for GNC engineers there, when enough do.

Against other employers

Northrop Grumman's own jobs beside every other employer's rates for GNC engineers (each of their advertised ranges once).

Northrop Grumman

$139k/yr median

Middle half $123k–$175k, from 16 jobs stating pay.

41 other employers

$169k/yr median

Middle half $149k–$194k, from 147 jobs stating pay.

Best-paid open GNC engineer jobs at Northrop Grumman

Its open jobs posting the highest pay figures tonight.

Northrop Grumman GNC engineer salary: common questions

How much does Northrop Grumman pay GNC engineers?

Northrop Grumman's open GNC engineer jobs post $65.8k–$266k a year, a median of $139k over 16 jobs that state pay (each job counted once). Postings state a base rate, usually before shift differentials and bonuses.

Does Northrop Grumman pay GNC engineers more than other employers?

Its posted median ($139k) is $30.4k below the median of 41 other employers' rates for GNC engineers ($169k, middle half $149k–$194k). Pay differs by state, so compare within a state where the state table allows.

Where does Northrop Grumman pay GNC engineers the most?

By the median of its jobs in each state: California ($178k, 3 jobs), Colorado ($162k, 1 job) and Virginia ($143k, 3 jobs).

Where do these figures come from?

From the pay open jobs state, read every night from each employer's own job board: 16 of 16 open GNC engineer jobs at Northrop Grumman (100%) state pay. No pay is estimated for a job that states none; "up to" ceilings and weekly travel rates are left out.

Sources and method

Only pay a job states is used, a range at its midpoint, every job of the employer counted once. The other employers' figures count each of their advertised ranges once. "Up to" ceilings, weekly travel rates and rates far from the occupation's median are left out. An employer has a page while it states a rate on at least 5 open jobs in the occupation. The yearly estimate is the pay times 2,080 hours.
  1. SpaceJobs.Now job board: the pay open jobs state, read every night from each employer's own careers site, published 7 Nov 2026

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SpaceJobs.Now. (2026). Northrop Grumman GNC engineer salary. Data as of 7 Nov 2026. https://spacejobs.now/salaries/gnc-engineers/northrop-grumman

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