I worked for Lockheed for 32 years, retiring as a Director at age 55 after serving as a Director of Engineering and then Director of Programs for space programs in Sunnyvale for over 15 years. The salaries they (and other Aerospace companies as well) are giving to both young engineers and experienced engineers are very low, compared to other non-engineering professions. When I left Lockheed 20 years ago, a senior staff engineer made $110K, from the data presented here, it looks like the salary is around $120K!! 9% salary increase in 20 years or 0.5%/year? I own a national manufacturing company and pay my supervisors with little or no college who are in their early 30's more than young aerospace system engineers. This is not right. It is not only a Lockheed Martin issue; it this way throughout the aerospace industry (and other industries who employ engineers).
