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Last updated: November 10, 2024
Research Psychologist Salary
in Alexandria, Virginia
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$131,939 (USD)
Average Salary
$63/hr
Average Hourly
$3,800
Average Bonus
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Last updated: November 10, 2024
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The average pay for a Research Psychologist is $131,939 a year and $63 an hour in Alexandria, Virginia, United States. The average salary range for a Research Psychologist is between $91,038 and $160,965. On average, a Doctorate Degree is the highest level of education for a Research Psychologist. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Alexandria, Virginia.
ERI's compensation data are based on salary surveys conducted and researched by ERI. Cost of labor data in the Assessor Series are based on actual housing sales data from commercially available sources, plus rental rates, gasoline prices, consumables, medical care premium costs, property taxes, effective income tax rates, etc.
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Estimated salary in 2029:
$148,202
5 Year Change:
12 %
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About Alexandria, Virginia
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Description:
Alexandria is an independent city in the northern region of the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States. It lies on the western bank of the Potomac River approximately 7 miles (11 km) south of downtown Washington, D.C. Alexandria is the third-largest principal city of the Washington metropolitan area, which is part of the larger Washington–Baltimore combined statistical area. As of 2022, the city's population of 159,467 made it the sixth-most populous city in Virginia and the 173rd-most populous city in the nation.
Like the rest of Northern Virginia and Central Maryland, present-day Alexandria has been influenced...
Job Summary
Description:
- Plans and conducts experimental research studies involving motivation, thinking, attention, learning and memory, sensory and perceptual processes, effects of substance abuse, and genetic and neurological factors affecting behavior.
- Plans, designs, conducts, and analyzes results of experiments to study problems in psychology.
- Formulates hypotheses and experimental designs to investigate problems of perception, memory, learning, personality, and cognitive processes.
- Requires advanced study in the field of psychology.
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Salary Recap
The average pay for a Research Psychologist is $131,939 a year and $63 an hour in Alexandria, Virginia, United States. The average salary range for a Research Psychologist is between $91,038 and $160,965. On average, a Doctorate Degree is the highest level of education for a Research Psychologist. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Alexandria, Virginia.
ERI's compensation data are based on salary surveys conducted and researched by ERI. Cost of labor data in the Assessor Series are based on actual housing sales data from commercially available sources, plus rental rates, gasoline prices, consumables, medical care premium costs, property taxes, effective income tax rates, etc.
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Research Psychologist Job Prevalence in the United States
Job family: Psychologists, All Other
Job family population: 14,480
Estimated population of Research Psychologist jobs: 3,817
Rate of error: 1.8%
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About Alexandria, Virginia
Alexandria Cost of Living Score:
Description:
Alexandria is an independent city in the northern region of the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States. It lies on the western bank of the Potomac River approximately 7 miles (11 km) south of downtown Washington, D.C. Alexandria is the third-largest principal city of the Washington metropolitan area, which is part of the larger Washington–Baltimore combined statistical area. As of 2022, the city's population of 159,467 made it the sixth-most populous city in Virginia and the 173rd-most populous city in the nation.
Like the rest of Northern Virginia and Central Maryland, present-day Alexandria has been influenced...
Job Summary
Description:
- Plans and conducts experimental research studies involving motivation, thinking, attention, learning and memory, sensory and perceptual processes, effects of substance abuse, and genetic and neurological factors affecting behavior.
- Plans, designs, conducts, and analyzes results of experiments to study problems in psychology.
- Formulates hypotheses and experimental designs to investigate problems of perception, memory, learning, personality, and cognitive processes.
- Requires advanced study in the field of psychology.
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