The answer depends on which media you're looking at.
In the film Captain America: The First Avenger,
Steve Rogers enlists into the Army as a private (rank E-1). Upon his
successful transition via the Super Soldier serum and a training period
of some length, he is promoted to the literal rank of Captain (O-3), as
shown by his dress uniform rank insignia.
In the comic books, however, the answer is a little more complicated.
Beginning in World War II, the "secret identity" of Captain America was in fact his real name and enlisted rank,
i.e. - Private Steve Rogers, who deliberately acted the part of a
soldier so inept they couldn't even risk sending him to battle, so he
remained stationed at an Army base in Virginia as a cover for his
operations as Captain America.
This
is where the question of Cap's "real" rank becomes tricky because of
the complicated continuity. Depending on who was writing it, either
Captain America was really just an Army private, or he was in fact a
commissioned captain who was merely posing as an Army private as part of
his cover story.
To make things even more complicated, when he is operating in the battlefield as Captain America per se,
his designation as "Captain" becomes a far more grandiose title than
mere rank might suggest. Owing to the advanced tactical and strategic
training he has been given, in addition to his security clearance levels
and combat experience, any time "Captain" America engages with the U.S.
military, he does so with full operational authority over all forces.
For all intents and purposes, he outranks any other military officer in
the room, even if that officer is a full four-star general or admiral.
Yet
despite this insane level of authority, I believe that even in the
present he still formally draws pay from the U.S. military as if he was
just plain old O-3 Captain Rogers.
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