Is Booz Allen Hamilton a good company to work for?

Booz Allen Hamilton has an overall rating of 3.9 out of 5, based on over 11,099 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 4% over the last 12 months. 74% of employees would recommend working at Booz Allen Hamilton to a friend and 54% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Booz Allen Hamilton have been left by employees working as Staff Scientist , Lead Systems Engineer and Summer Games Intern .

Does Booz Allen Hamilton pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Booz Allen Hamilton employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.7 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Booz Allen Hamilton. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Booz Allen Hamilton?

74% of Booz Allen Hamilton employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Booz Allen Hamilton 4.3 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.8 for culture and values and 3.8 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Booz Allen Hamilton?

Associate (1524) , Senior Consultant (1317) , Lead Associate (520) , Consultant (465) , Software Engineer (238) , Senior Associate (228) , Data Scientist (175) , Lead Technologist (105) , Lead Engineer (104) , Intern (95) , Systems Engineer (76) , Business Analyst (73) , Project Manager (66) , Analyst (64) , Associate Consultant (50)

What are the pros of working at Booz Allen Hamilton according to real employee reviews?

"The education benefits are great and the classes within Booz Allen are helpful as well." ((in 1043 reviews)); "Great work/life balance and very flexible when it comes to work location for off client site." ((in 808 reviews)); "Great people and energy at work" ((in 788 reviews)); "Great Culture and a Good Place to Work" ((in 445 reviews)); "Good pay and the people I work with on a daily basis are great." ((in 421 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Booz Allen Hamilton according to real employee reviews?

"If you came in on a low salary due to education or experience very difficult to get to the same level after education is received" ((in 273 reviews)); "Poor management particularly with career and reporting managers who rule with an iron fist." ((in 273 reviews)); "Career Managers and senior leadership don't seem to care what happens once you're placed on a project." ((in 236 reviews)); "Hope you get a good Manager and not someone who's there because of their title." ((in 167 reviews)); "NO bonus below the Sr Associate level (a level equivalent to Assistant Director)" ((in 122 reviews))

What are employees saying about Booz Allen Hamilton layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Booz Allen Hamilton layoffs and their outlook for job security at Booz Allen Hamilton in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Booz Allen Hamilton locations?

Washington , McLean , San Diego , Arlington , Herndon , Charleston , San Antonio , Norfolk , Annapolis Junction , Alexandria , Atlanta , Rockville , New York , Los Angeles , Colorado Springs , Chantilly , Dayton , Mc Lean , Tampa , Huntsville , Baltimore , Reston , Fairfax , El Segundo , Lexington Park , Bethesda , Tysons Corner , Honolulu , Fort Meade , Crystal City

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3.9

74% would recommend to a friend

(10,467 total reviews)

Horacio D. Rozanski

79% approve of CEO

54% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.3

Work/Life balance

3.9

Diversity & inclusion

3.8

Culture & values

3.8

Career opportunities

3.7

Compensation and benefits

3.5

Senior management

Booz Allen Hamilton has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 10,467 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Booz Allen Hamilton employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.7 stars).

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2.0

Nov 15, 2012

Should have been better.

Associate

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Pros

Name brand recognition, continuing education benefits are available to all, not just a percentage of employees, and exposure to some very intelligent and talented colleagues.

Cons

Arrogance. The inflexible corporate structure does not lend itself towards putting together the best qualified teams of professionals to succeed at customer solutions. Principals and Sr. Associates often assign unqualified consultants simply because their performance numbers are skewed towards employees in their downstream being billable before seeking competence from across teams. I have seen leadership turn a blind eye to providing the best solution for a client if it went against quarterly profit goals. Rapid growth from 2001 to 2009 created a shift in the firm from consulting to staff augmentation. Pressures upon Sr. Associates to meet business development goals led to pursuit of government staff augmentation contracts that were actually beneath BAH's former stature as a leading consultancy.

4.0

Aug 20, 2012

Stable and respected, but a bit dull

Associate

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After having worked at Booz Allen for five years, I can say that there are a lot of awesome things about the firm. It's a good place to work, with pragmatic management that make generally intelligent business decisions. The ECAP contribution is outstanding, and I had consistently fantastic administrative management. Salaries are generally consistent with market competitors (e.g., Deloitte, PwC, CEB) but I've heard of the occasional massive bump, though its not typical.

Cons

With that said, its easy for an ambitious young person to "hit the deep end of the pool" in terms of what the firm can offer. The business model is designed for "command-and-control"-style business development and responses to client RFPs, which is stable (to the extent that the government pipeline is consistent) but doesn't engender a ton of entrepreneurial spirit. The firm isn't positioned to do work on small strategy teams, preferring to launch massive, expensive engagements (which is very pragmatic and stable, but boring). Finally, its becoming a bit hard to determine what the firm's strategy is in terms of the commercial / international market. Even though it claims to be interested in the space, I haven't seen much progress.

3.0

Jul 10, 2012

Much has changed

Associate

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Pros

- Well-known brand name in management consulting and in academic circles - Good place for ex-military and ex-government employees - Split from Booz & Company was necessary - Competitive salaries when they were private - Work where you live approach to office location assignments

Cons

- Heavily focused nowadays on public sector work - Little, if any, commercial expertise remains at the fim - Publicly traded firm - Cash cow for Private Equity firm - Carlye Group - New college grads need to be aware that there is a difference between consulting and becoming additional staff for a public agency

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