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Northrop Grumman systems engineer salary

Northrop Grumman posts for systems engineers, a median of across 73 open jobs that state their pay, $15k below the other employers post. Read from Northrop Grumman's own job board.

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What systems 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 $143k a year. Middle half $115k to $178k. Tap a bar for its count.

Posted pay figures of 73 open jobs at Northrop Grumman. Lowest posted $48.4k, highest $400k.

Posted on open jobs at Northrop Grumman

$115k–$178k/yr

Middle half of the employer's 73 distinct posted rates, median $143k. 97% of the 75 open systems engineer jobs at Northrop Grumman state pay.

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Northrop Grumman systems engineer pay by state

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

Against other employers

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

Northrop Grumman

$143k/yr median

Middle half $115k–$178k, from 73 jobs stating pay.

58 other employers

$158k/yr median

Middle half $132k–$178k, from 484 jobs stating pay.

Best-paid open systems engineer jobs at Northrop Grumman

Its open jobs posting the highest pay figures tonight.

Northrop Grumman systems engineer salary: common questions

How much does Northrop Grumman pay systems engineers?

Northrop Grumman's open systems engineer jobs post $48.4k–$400k a year, a median of $143k over 73 jobs that state pay (each job counted once). Postings state a base rate, usually before shift differentials and bonuses.

Does Northrop Grumman pay systems engineers more than other employers?

Its posted median ($143k) is $15k below the median of 58 other employers' rates for systems engineers ($158k, middle half $132k–$178k). Pay differs by state, so compare within a state where the state table allows.

Where does Northrop Grumman pay systems engineers the most?

By the median of its jobs in each state: Alabama ($163k, 1 job), California ($162k, 24 jobs) and Utah ($154k, 3 jobs).

Where do these figures come from?

From the pay open jobs state, read every night from each employer's own job board: 73 of 75 open systems engineer jobs at Northrop Grumman (97%) 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 systems engineer salary. Data as of 7 Nov 2026. https://spacejobs.now/salaries/systems-engineers/northrop-grumman

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