How much education do you need to become a social research psychologist?

: How much education do you need to become a social research psychologist?
How much education do you need to become a social research psychologist? Do they get paid a decent amount?

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Answer by Nigella
To be any kind of psychologist you need a doctorate, and for research it would be a Ph.D. To do research you’d most likely be affiliated with a university as a professor. The average FULL professor makes about 100,000 a year, but that’s after the long road to getting tenure and whatnot!