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CACI Software Engineer Salary

CACI's 17 open roles for software engineers post a median $116k/yr, typically $116k–$211k/yr, from 17 distinct pay figures, read from its own job board every hour.

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Against other pay

Every CACI role
median $121k/yr
CACI's software engineers: 4% below it
Software engineers at every space company
median $169k/yr
CACI: 31% below it
All US software developers, May 2025
median $136k/yr
CACI's postings: 15% below it
Highest posted top
$290k/yr
Senior DevOps/Platform Engineer

Typical pay is the 25th percentile of what roles pay (the middle of each posted range, as a year's pay: an hourly rate counts at 2,080 hours, 40 a week for 52 weeks) to the 90th-percentile posted top. Pay is compared as a year's pay: an hourly rate counts at 2,080 hours (40 a week for 52 weeks), a weekly one at 52 weeks, a monthly one at 12 months. A posting that names only a ceiling ("up to $X") is left out of the figures.

CACI software engineer pay by level

Level the title namesOpen rolesMedianTypical pay
Senior1Too few figures
Lead2Too few figures
Principal or fellow1Too few figures
Title names no level13$116k/yr$116k–$156k/yr

A level is read from the title, the first that applies from an internship to a director (the reading of our research on career levels and pay). A figure needs three distinct posted rates.

Where CACI hires software engineers

  • Houston, TX11 roles, median $116k/yr
  • Colorado Springs, CO2 roles
  • Ypsilanti, MI2 roles
  • Florham Park, NJ1 role
  • Sterling, VA1 role

Open CACI roles for software engineers, highest pay first

Updated 31 Oct 2026, 13:02 UTC

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Questions about CACI pay for software engineers

How much does CACI pay software engineers?

CACI's open roles for software engineers post a median $116k/yr, typically $116k–$211k/yr, from 17 distinct pay figures in 17 of its 17 postings. Typical pay here is the 25th percentile of what roles pay (the middle of each posted range, as a year's pay: an hourly rate counts at 2,080 hours, 40 a week for 52 weeks) to the 90th-percentile posted top. The highest posted top is $290k/yr, for Senior DevOps/Platform Engineer.

Does CACI pay software engineers more than other space companies?

CACI's median, $116k/yr, is 31% below the $169k/yr median of the 1,976 open roles for software engineers at every space company we read (CACI's among them).

Do software engineers earn more than other roles at CACI?

CACI's roles for software engineers post a median $116k/yr, 4% below the $121k/yr median of all its open roles that state pay (CACI salaries compares every kind of work).

How does CACI's pay for software engineers compare with the national wage?

The Bureau of Labor Statistics puts the national median wage of software developers at $136k/yr (May 2025); CACI's posted median, $116k/yr, is 15% below it. A posting states what a new hire is offered, the national figure what everyone in the occupation earns, so the two measure different people. Source: BLS wage estimates by state (OEWS, May 2025), read through O*NET OnLine, CC BY 4.0.

Where does CACI hire software engineers?

Its open roles for software engineers are in Houston, TX (11), Colorado Springs, CO (2), Ypsilanti, MI (2), Florham Park, NJ (1) and Sterling, VA (1).