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Northrop Grumman mechanical engineer salary

Northrop Grumman posts for mechanical engineers, a median of across 55 open jobs that state their pay, $16k below the other employers post. Read from Northrop Grumman's own job board.

The jobs themselves: Northrop Grumman jobs · Mechanical engineer pay nationwide · About Northrop Grumman

What mechanical 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 $136k a year. Middle half $115k to $168k. Tap a bar for its count.

Posted pay figures of 55 open jobs at Northrop Grumman. Lowest posted $72.1k, highest $266k.

Posted on open jobs at Northrop Grumman

$115k–$168k/yr

Middle half of the employer's 55 distinct posted rates, median $136k. 100% of the 55 open mechanical 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 mechanical engineer pay by state

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

Against other employers

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

Northrop Grumman

$136k/yr median

Middle half $115k–$168k, from 55 jobs stating pay.

61 other employers

$152k/yr median

Middle half $130k–$175k, from 469 jobs stating pay.

Best-paid open mechanical engineer jobs at Northrop Grumman

Its open jobs posting the highest pay figures tonight.

Northrop Grumman mechanical engineer salary: common questions

How much does Northrop Grumman pay mechanical engineers?

Northrop Grumman's open mechanical engineer jobs post $72.1k–$266k a year, a median of $136k over 55 jobs that state pay (each job counted once). Postings state a base rate, usually before shift differentials and bonuses.

Does Northrop Grumman pay mechanical engineers more than other employers?

Its posted median ($136k) is $16k below the median of 61 other employers' rates for mechanical engineers ($152k, middle half $130k–$175k). Pay differs by state, so compare within a state where the state table allows.

Where does Northrop Grumman pay mechanical engineers the most?

By the median of its jobs in each state: Massachusetts ($160k, 2 jobs), Florida ($154k, 2 jobs) and California ($143k, 21 jobs).

Where do these figures come from?

From the pay open jobs state, read every night from each employer's own job board: 55 of 55 open mechanical 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 mechanical engineer salary. Data as of 7 Nov 2026. https://spacejobs.now/salaries/mechanical-engineers/northrop-grumman

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