Does National Instruments pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, National Instruments employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.3 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at National Instruments. This rating has improved by 2% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at National Instruments?

68% of National Instruments employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated National Instruments 4.1 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.8 for culture and values and 3.4 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at National Instruments?

Software Engineer (168) , Applications Engineer (94) , Staff Software Engineer (87) , Senior Software Engineer (69) , Technical Support Engineer (48) , Account Manager (46) , Intern (45) , Engineer (35) , Field Sales Engineer (20) , Hardware Engineer (20) , Programme Analyst (20) , Project Manager (20) , Product Marketing Manager (19) , Principal Software Engineer (18) , Software Engineer(Internship) (18)

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

"People there are great and always willing to help or teach you how things work." ((in 320 reviews)); "good work life balance and work ethic" ((in 224 reviews)); "good food and benefit in company" ((in 131 reviews)); "Got to work with some great colleagues" ((in 77 reviews)); "Good camradrie and work culture" ((in 51 reviews))

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

"People complain about low salaries don’t understand pay reflects the market value of the company." ((in 229 reviews)); "People learn to live with it and perceive they are subsidizing culture with low pay." ((in 184 reviews)); "poor management could be detrimental to your career success" ((in 106 reviews)); "Compensation for software jobs is low compared to similar software companies" ((in 58 reviews)); "Less and less morale overall, more focused on the customers than employees, annual layoffs (started only AFTER original co" ((in 44 reviews))

What are employees saying about National Instruments layoffs in 2026?

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

National Instruments reviews about "work environment"

46% positive business outlook

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160 reviews

2.0

Mar 19, 2018

Low pay, boring job, low progress potential but good culture

Anonymous employee

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Pros

Nice people You get to "See" (not work on) cool projects.

Cons

Low Pay with really low salary increase potential Company uses "Good work environment and people" to justify low salaries Boring daily job Newbury is expensive and boring, and the salary paid makes it hard to have a good life. No overtime Really hard to progress in anything but sales in NI UK

5.0

Jul 18, 2018

Order management

Anonymous employee

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Pros

Good work environment and good salaries

Cons

difficulties to improve in the company

3.0

Dec 16, 2017

The company is OK

Anonymous employee

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Pros

Flexible and friendly work environment.

Cons

Can't really think of any cons.

4.0

Mar 1, 2018

Great place to work!

Anonymous employee

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Pros

Great work environment and benefits!

Cons

Salary is a bit low for the industry. Only like to hire from UT and A&M.

3.0

Aug 16, 2018

Fun work environment, slow advancement, mediocre compensation

Senior software engineer

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Pros

Smart and fun coworkers, overall a good environment, interesting things to work on

Cons

Slow career development, subpar compensation

3.0

Aug 17, 2018

Marketing

Anonymous employee

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Pros

Great work environment, management development, and there's always work

Cons

Salary is really bad and love for hierarchy. If you get promoted, you won't really get a salary increase.

4.0

Nov 13, 2017

All things considered...good place to work

Program manager

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Pros

The Company offers a great work-life environment, a fantastic office space, and meaningful work. The people are great to work with.

Cons

Very political and cliquish, but you have that everywhere. The company does pay on the very low side of the going wages. While the company executives admit this and state they want to correct it; it will likely take 3 to 5 years for it to correct itself.

4.0

Jan 15, 2018

Great company culture and benefits

Applications engineer

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Wonderful company culture, everyone truly wants you to succeed. Awesome benefits. Loved the work environment, friendly people. Work-life balance was easily achievable.

Cons

Cult-ish atmosphere at times. Some of the managers definitely play favorites. They can give conflicting feedback that can be confusing to sort through. Some departments have to work much longer hours than other full-time employees.

5.0

Jan 26, 2018

Great Starter Company

Engineering support assistant

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Pros

Incredible people, incredible work environment!

Cons

Sometime ambiguous targets due to rapid growth. Pay rates are a little lower than industry average.

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