Does Draper pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Draper employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.0 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Draper. This rating has decreased by 2% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Draper?

90% of Draper employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Draper 4.4 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.2 for culture and values and 4.0 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Draper?

Intern (22) , Senior Member of Technical Staff (20) , Member Of Technical Staff (11) , Member of Technical Staff II (11) , Principal Member of Technical Staff (10) , Software Engineer (8) , Engineer (7) , Senior Member of the Technical Staff (7) , Distinguished Member of Technical Staff (6) , Information Systems Security Officer (ISSO) (6) , Mechanical Engineer (6) , Systems Engineer (6) , Engineering Intern (5) , SMTS - Senior Member of Technical Staff (5) , Internship (4)

What are the pros of working at Draper according to real employee reviews?

"Great People and doing awesome work" ((in 66 reviews)); "The benefits are good which helps you forget the daily abuse." ((in 44 reviews)); "Pay was good for what I did." ((in 21 reviews)); "Good work life balance" ((in 19 reviews)); "Great coworkers." ((in 14 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Draper according to real employee reviews?

"Poor management, politics plays big , Group Leaders have no clue what there people do in there departments." ((in 24 reviews)); "The culture is terrible." ((in 14 reviews)); "Purchasing and upper management are affected by this." ((in 12 reviews)); "4 different managers over about 2 years." ((in 9 reviews)); "Being that its mostly defense/government work, salaries aren't as high as in industry." ((in 6 reviews))

What are employees saying about Draper layoffs in 2026?

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

What are the top reviewed Draper locations?

Cambridge , Boston , Saint Petersburg , Tampa , Huntsville , Houston , Cape Canaveral , North Bergen , Arlington , Reston , Cornwall , San Antonio , West Lafayette , New Castle , Odon , Kent , Londonderry , New London , Orlando , Andover , Malden , Westford , Saint Petersburg Beach

Draper reviews

4.1

90% would recommend to a friend

(385 total reviews)

Jerry Wohletz

94% approve of CEO

74% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.4

Diversity & inclusion

4.4

Work/Life balance

4.2

Culture & values

4.0

Compensation and benefits

4.0

Career opportunities

3.4

Senior management

Draper has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 385 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Draper employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Aerospace & Defense industry (3.5 stars).

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385 reviews

5.0

Feb 25, 2014

Draper is a company that cares about its employees and has a good mix of academia and industry.

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Pros

I really enjoyed that most people I worked around were nice. Exciting work always happening, and great access for networking. The location is great and is central to all the academic areas.

Cons

The pay wasn't the greatest compared to industry standard for my career field - security/DoD. But other than that, there are really not any negatives that come to mind.

4.0

Feb 23, 2014

It is an excellent engineering company with a strong academic culture.

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Pros

It is an excellent engineering company with a strong academic culture. With the strong academic culture the company is always encouraging you to continue to learn both an educational environment as well and hands on job training.

Cons

Since it does have such a strong academic culture they are not willing to always look at candidates that are more qualified for position (with proven track records) because they do not have an advanced degree.

4.0

Feb 3, 2014

Draper Laboratory

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Pros

Outstanding technical talent across a broad range of disciplines. Many highly motivated young engineers with a large contingent from MIT. Senior Staff and well experienced managers from high tech industry manage to pick challenging technologies with a strategic value to the united states and the military in mmost instances. It can be a very exciting place to work if you are personnally motivated to achieve. Excellent and broad IRAD investments every year, though focused on areas of selected high leverage importance.

Cons

Difficult place to get to if you live outside the city. In need of infrastructure imporvements to match up with the big companies like Raytheon, Lockheed, BAE, Northop, boeing, etc.

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