US Department of Defense Salaries
How much do US Department of Defense employees make? Glassdoor has salaries, wages, tips, bonuses, and hourly pay based upon employee reports and estimates.
Information Technology
Based on 831 salaries
98 salaries
40 salaries
Military & Protective Services
Based on 818 salaries
83 salaries
65 salaries
Research & Science
Based on 552 salaries
126 salaries
36 salaries
Product & Project Management
Based on 504 salaries
153 salaries
57 salaries
Operations
Based on 394 salaries
34 salaries
30 salaries
Skilled Labor & Manufacturing
Based on 366 salaries
27 salaries
13 salaries
Human Resources
Based on 266 salaries
49 salaries
29 salaries
Administrative
Based on 211 salaries
32 salaries
18 salaries
Consulting
Based on 94 salaries
42 salaries
13 salaries
Retail & Food Services
Based on 50 salaries
3 salaries
3 salaries
Customer Services & Support
Based on 41 salaries
5 salaries
4 salaries
Media & Communications
Based on 38 salaries
4 salaries
3 salaries
Marketing
Based on 17 salaries
2 salaries
1 salary
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- United States - All Cities
- - Alabama
- - Albertville, AL Area
- - Anniston, AL Area
- - Birmingham, AL Area
- - Decatur, AL Area
- - Enterprise, AL Area
- - Florence, AL Area
- - Huntsville, AL Area
- - Mobile, AL Area
- - Montgomery, AL Area
- - Tuscaloosa, AL Area
- - Luke, AL
- - Alaska
- - Anchorage, AK Area
- - Fairbanks, AK Area
- - Kodiak, AK Area
- - Arizona
- - Phoenix, AZ Area
- - Sierra Vista, AZ Area
- - Tucson, AZ Area
- - Yuma, AZ Area
- - Arkansas
- - Little Rock, AR Area
- - Fort Chaffee, AR
- - California
- - Bakersfield, CA Area
- - El Centro, CA Area
- - Hanford, CA Area
- - Los Angeles, CA Area
- - Modesto, CA Area
- - Napa, CA Area
- - Riverside, CA Area
- - Sacramento, CA Area
- - Salinas, CA Area
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- - San Jose, CA Area
- - Santa Barbara, CA Area
- - Stockton, CA Area
- - Susanville, CA Area
- - Yuba City, CA Area
- - China Lake Acres, CA
- - China Lake, CA
- - Miramar, Optional[CA]
- - North Sacramento, CA
- - Colorado
- - Colorado Springs, CO Area
- - Denver, CO Area
- - Fort Collins, CO Area
- - Pueblo, CO Area
- - Telluride, CO
- - Connecticut
- - Hartford, CT Area
- - New Haven, CT Area
- - Norwich, CT Area
- - Delaware
- - Dover, DE Area
- - Philadelphia, PA Area
- - District of Columbia
- - Washington, DC Area
- - Florida
- - Cape Coral, FL Area
- - Daytona Beach, FL Area
- - Gainesville, FL Area
- - Jacksonville, FL Area
- - Key West, FL Area
- - Lakeland, FL Area
- - Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL Area
- - Orlando, FL Area
- - Panama City, FL Area
- - Pensacola, FL Area
- - Port St. Lucie, FL Area
- - Tallahassee, FL Area
- - Tampa, FL Area
- - Bonifay, FL
- - Cape Canaveral, FL
- - Mayport, FL
- - Melbourne, FL
- - Morriston, FL
- - Patrick AFB, FL
- - South Tampa, FL
- - Titusville, FL
- - Georgia
- - Albany, GA Area
- - Atlanta, GA Area
- - Augusta, GA Area
- - Brunswick, GA Area
- - Columbus, GA Area
- - Hinesville, GA Area
- - Macon, GA Area
- - Savannah, GA Area
- - Valdosta, GA Area
- - Maysville, GA
- - Guam
- - Agana Heights, GU
- - Dededo, GU
- - Hagatna, GU
- - Yigo, GU
- - Hawaii
- - Hawaiian Islands Area
- - Hilo, HI
- - Lahaina, HI
- - Idaho
- - Boise, ID Area
- - Mountain Home, ID Area
- - Illinois
- - Champaign, IL Area
- - Chicago, IL Area
- - Danville, IL Area
- - Davenport, IA Area
- - Marion, IL Area
- - Peoria, IL Area
- - Springfield, IL Area
- - St. Louis, MO Area
- - O'Fallon, IL
- - Indiana
- - Bloomington, IN Area
- - Elkhart, IN Area
- - Evansville, IN Area
- - Fort Wayne, IN Area
- - Indianapolis, IN Area
- - Muncie, IN Area
- - Peru, IN Area
- - Terre Haute, IN Area
- - Wabash, IN Area
- - Camp Roberts, IN
- - Crane Naval Depot, IN
- - Crane, IN
- - Iowa
- - Cedar Rapids, IA Area
- - Des Moines, IA Area
- - Iowa City, IA Area
- - Waterloo, IA Area
- - Kansas
- - Kansas City, MO Area
- - Manhattan, KS Area
- - McPherson, KS Area
- - Topeka, KS Area
- - Wichita, KS Area
- - Kentucky
- - Bowling Green, KY Area
- - Clarksville, TN Area
- - Elizabethtown, KY Area
- - Frankfort, KY Area
- - Lexington, KY Area
- - Louisville, KY Area
- - Owensboro, KY Area
- - Paducah, KY Area
- - Richmond, KY Area
- - Calvert City, KY
- - Lexington-Fayette, KY
- - Louisiana
- - Alexandria, LA Area
- - Baton Rouge, LA Area
- - Fort Polk, LA Area
- - Lafayette, LA Area
- - New Orleans, LA Area
- - Shreveport, LA Area
- - Timberlane, Optional[LA]
- - Maine
- - Portland, ME Area
- - Fort George, ME
- - Maryland
- - Baltimore, MD Area
- - Hagerstown, MD Area
- - Fort Deterick, MD
- - Fort George G Mead Junction, MD
- - Old Baltimore, MD
- - Massachusetts
- - Barnstable Town, MA Area
- - Boston, MA Area
- - Pittsfield, MA Area
- - Providence, RI Area
- - Springfield, MA Area
- - Worcester, MA Area
- - Devenscrest, MA
- - Michigan
- - Ann Arbor, MI Area
- - Battle Creek, MI Area
- - Detroit, MI Area
- - Grand Rapids, MI Area
- - Lansing, MI Area
- - Petoskey, MI
- - Minnesota
- - Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN Area
- - St. Cloud, MN Area
- - Camp Ripley Junction, MN
- - Mississippi
- - Columbus, MS Area
- - Gulfport, MS Area
- - Hattiesburg, MS Area
- - Jackson, MS Area
- - Laurel, MS Area
- - Meridian, MS Area
- - Pascagoula, MS Area
- - East Pascagoula, MS
- - Missouri
- - Fort Leonard Wood, MO Area
- - Jefferson City, MO Area
- - Marshall, MO Area
- - Sedalia, MO Area
- - Springfield, MO Area
- - St. Joseph, MO Area
- - Warrensburg, MO Area
- - School, MO
- - Montana
- - Great Falls, MT Area
- - Helena, MT Area
- - Missoula, MT Area
- - Nebraska
- - Lincoln, NE Area
- - Omaha, NE Area
- - Nevada
- - Fallon, NV Area
- - Las Vegas, NV Area
- - Reno, NV Area
- - New Hampshire
- - Concord, NH Area
- - Manchester, NH Area
- - New Jersey
- - Atlantic City, NJ Area
- - New York City, NY Area
- - Trenton, NJ Area
- - New Mexico
- - Alamogordo, NM Area
- - Albuquerque, NM Area
- - Clovis, NM Area
- - Las Cruces, NM Area
- - Santa Fe, NM Area
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- - Albany, NY Area
- - Buffalo, NY Area
- - Rochester, NY Area
- - Syracuse, NY Area
- - Utica, NY Area
- - Watertown, NY Area
- - East Farmingdale, NY
- - Italy, NY
- - North Carolina
- - Charlotte, NC Area
- - Fayetteville, NC Area
- - Goldsboro, NC Area
- - Greensboro, NC Area
- - Greenville, NC Area
- - Jacksonville, NC Area
- - Lumberton, NC Area
- - Morehead City, NC Area
- - Norfolk, VA Area
- - Raleigh-Durham, NC Area
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- - Sanford, NC Area
- - Wilmington, NC Area
- - Winston-Salem, NC Area
- - North Dakota
- - Bismarck, ND Area
- - Fargo, ND Area
- - Grand Forks, ND Area
- - Minot, ND Area
- - Ohio
- - Akron, OH Area
- - Canton, OH Area
- - Cincinnati, OH Area
- - Cleveland, OH Area
- - Columbus, OH Area
- - Dayton, OH Area
- - Defiance, OH Area
- - Mansfield, OH Area
- - Toledo, OH Area
- - Oklahoma
- - Durant, OK Area
- - Lawton, OK Area
- - McAlester, OK Area
- - Oklahoma City, OK Area
- - Tulsa, OK Area
- - Nowhere, OK
- - Oregon
- - Coos Bay, OR Area
- - Eugene, OR Area
- - Portland, OR Area
- - Salem, OR Area
- - Pennsylvania
- - Chambersburg, PA Area
- - East Stroudsburg, PA Area
- - Erie, PA Area
- - Harrisburg, PA Area
- - Lancaster, PA Area
- - Lebanon, PA Area
- - New Castle, PA Area
- - Pittsburgh, PA Area
- - Scranton, PA Area
- - York-Hanover, PA Area
- - Adams, Optional[PA]
- - Clarion, PA
- - Japan, PA
- - Wilkes-Barre, PA
- - Puerto Rico
- - Puerto Rico Area
- - Salinas, PR
- - Rhode Island
- - South Carolina
- - Charleston, SC Area
- - Columbia, SC Area
- - Greenville, SC Area
- - Hilton Head Island, SC Area
- - Charleston Crossroads, SC
- - South Dakota
- - Rapid City, SD Area
- - Sioux Falls, SD Area
- - Tennessee
- - Athens, TN Area
- - Columbia, TN Area
- - Knoxville, TN Area
- - Memphis, TN Area
- - Nashville, TN Area
- - Tullahoma, TN Area
- - Boston, TN
- - Texas
- - Abilene, TX Area
- - Amarillo, TX Area
- - Austin, TX Area
- - Brownsville, TX Area
- - Corpus Christi, TX Area
- - Dallas-Fort Worth, TX Area
- - Del Rio, TX Area
- - El Paso, TX Area
- - Houston, TX Area
- - Killeen, TX Area
- - Longview, TX Area
- - San Angelo, TX Area
- - San Antonio, TX Area
- - Texarkana, TX Area
- - Waco, TX Area
- - Wichita Falls, TX Area
- - Germany, TX
- - Utah
- - Brigham City, UT Area
- - Cedar City, UT Area
- - Ogden, UT Area
- - Provo, UT Area
- - Salt Lake City, UT Area
- - St. George, UT Area
- - Virginia
- - Blacksburg, VA Area
- - Charlottesville, VA Area
- - Lynchburg, VA Area
- - Richmond, VA Area
- - Atlantic, VA
- - Belvoir, VA
- - Clifton Forge, VA
- - Dahlgren, VA
- - Fort Myer Heights, VA
- - King George, VA
- - Korea, VA
- - Navy, VA
- - New Alexandria, VA
- - Wytheville, VA
- - Washington State
- - Bellingham, WA Area
- - Oak Harbor, WA Area
- - Olympia, WA Area
- - Port Angeles, WA Area
- - Seattle, WA Area
- - Spokane, WA Area
- - Yakima, WA Area
- - Bangor, WA
- - Sedro-Woolley, WA
- - West Seattle, WA
- - West Virginia
- - Charleston, WV Area
- - Wheeling, WV Area
- - Arlington, Optional[WV]
- - Franklin, WV
- - Wisconsin
- - Appleton, WI Area
- - La Crosse, WI Area
- - Madison, WI Area
- - Milwaukee, WI Area
- - Oshkosh, WI Area
- - Fort McCoy, WI
- - Saint Croix Falls, WI
- - Sparta, WI
- - Tomah, WI
- - Wyoming
- - Cheyenne, WY Area
- - Sheridan, WY Area
- Afghanistan - All Cities
- - Helmand Province
- - Kabul, Afghanistan Area
- Australia - All Cities
- - Australian Capital Territory
- - Canberra, Australia Area
- - New South Wales
- - Sydney, Australia Area
- - South Australia
- - Adelaide, Australia Area
- Belgium - All Cities
- - Brussels
- - Brussels, Belgium Area
- - Hainaut
- - Ath
- - Liege
- - Liège, Belgium Area
- - Spa
- Brazil - All Cities
- - Ceará
- - Fortaleza, Brazil Area
- - Rio Grande do Sul
- - Porto Alegre, Brazil Area
- - Rio de Janeiro
- - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Area
- Canada - All Cities
- - New Brunswick
- - Fredericton, NB, Canada Area
- - Ontario
- - London, ON, Canada Area
- - Ottawa, ON, Canada Area
- - Quebec
- - Montreal, QC, Canada Area
- France - All Cities
- - Hauts-de-France
- - Creil
- - Ile-de-France
- - Paris, France Area
- Germany - All Cities
- - Baden-Wurttemberg
- - Stuttgart, Germany Area
- - Heidelberg, Baden-Wurttemberg
- - Bavaria
- - Munich, Germany Area
- - Bamberg
- - Grafenwöhr
- - Hohenfels, Bavaria
- - Munich, Bavaria
- - Vilseck
- - Hesse
- - Frankfurt, Germany Area
- - Rhineland-Palatinate
- - Kaiserslautern
- - Ramstein-Miesenbach
- - Spangdahlem
- India - All Cities
- - Delhi
- - New Delhi, India Area
- - Haryana
- - Karnataka
- - Bangalore, India Area
- - Maharashtra
- - Mumbai, India Area
- - Nāgpur, Maharashtra
- Italy - All Cities
- - Campania
- - Naples, Italy Area
- - Friuli-Venezia Giulia
- - Venice, Italy Area
- - Sicily
- - Catania
- - Veneto
- Japan - All Cities
- - Okinawa
- - Okinawa
- - Tokyo
- - Tokyo, Japan Area
- New Zealand - All Cities
- - Wellington
- - Wellington, New Zealand Area
- Singapore - All Cities
- - Singapore, Singapore Area
- South Africa - All Cities
- - Western Cape
- - Cape Town, South Africa Area
- South Korea - All Cities
- - Soul
- - Seoul, South Korea Area
- Switzerland - All Cities
- - Valais
- - Brig-Glis
- Togo - All Cities
- - Maritime
- - Lomé, Maritime
- Ukraine - All Cities
- - Dnipropetrovsk
- - Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine Area
- United Kingdom - All Cities
- - England
- - Ipswich, United Kingdom Area
- - London, United Kingdom Area
- - Manchester, United Kingdom Area
- - Milton Keynes, United Kingdom Area
- - Sheffield, United Kingdom Area
- - Scotland
- - Dundee, United Kingdom Area
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