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CACI Systems Engineer Salary

CACI's 10 open roles for systems engineers post a median $116k/yr, typically $112k–$183k/yr, from 10 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 systems engineers: 4% below it
Systems engineers at every space company
median $152k/yr
CACI: 24% below it
Highest posted top
$198k/yr
Payload Operations Systems 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 systems engineer pay by level

Level the title namesOpen rolesMedianTypical pay
Senior1Too few figures
Title names no level9$116k/yr$116k–$184k/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 systems engineers

  • Houston, TX5 roles, median $116k/yr
  • Danbury, CT2 roles
  • Ypsilanti, MI2 roles
  • Orlando, FL1 role

Open CACI roles for systems engineers, highest pay first

Updated 31 Oct 2026, 00:03 UTC

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Questions about CACI pay for systems engineers

How much does CACI pay systems engineers?

CACI's open roles for systems engineers post a median $116k/yr, typically $112k–$183k/yr, from 10 distinct pay figures in 10 of its 10 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 $198k/yr, for Payload Operations Systems Engineer.

Does CACI pay systems engineers more than other space companies?

CACI's median, $116k/yr, is 24% below the $152k/yr median of the 1,199 open roles for systems engineers at every space company we read (CACI's among them).

Do systems engineers earn more than other roles at CACI?

CACI's roles for systems 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).

Where does CACI hire systems engineers?

Its open roles for systems engineers are in Houston, TX (5), Danbury, CT (2), Ypsilanti, MI (2) and Orlando, FL (1).