Principal Researcher Salary in Fort Smith, AR

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As of March 01, 2025, the average annual salary for a Principal Researcher in Fort Smith, AR is $143,359. According to Salary.com, salaries can range from a low of $115,880 to a high of $170,124, with most professionals earning between $128,976 and $157,369.

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Provide product usability, evaluation and support to product development teams, including the analysis and investigation of applications/systems including tactile methods, visual graphics, web, multimedia, voice response and conversational user interaction.

November 14, 2022

Drive change and help the organization look around corners by communicating research findings that are convincing and actionable for product decision-makers.

December 20, 2022

Assist other teams and customers with vulnerability research and impact analysis of breaking issues.

January 19, 2023

Act as a coach and mentor, as well as leading other researchers toward innovative and creative thinking when approaching research challenges.

February 07, 2023

Develop and manage both new and ongoing policy research projects from design and analysis to the presentation and communication of findings.

February 20, 2023

Leading research activities to align with and inform our business objectives, and providing oversight and guidance to others who assist these activities.

April 06, 2023

Design and moderate labs, guiding participants through a set of tasks and prompting them for candid, relevant feedback.

April 27, 2023

Manage day to day work of performing experiments and evaluations to quantify and validate improvements made to existing systems.

May 09, 2023

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Average Salary Range for Principal Researcher in Fort Smith, AR

Average Base Salary

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128976

157369

143359

Average Total Cash Compensation

Includes base and annual incentives

133677

165850

149744

What is the average salary for Principal Researcher in 2025?

These charts show the average base salary (core compensation), as well as the average total cash compensation for the job of Principal Researcher in Fort Smith, AR. The base salary for Principal Researcher ranges from $128,976 to $157,369 with the average base salary of $143,359. The total cash compensation, which includes base, and annual incentives, can vary anywhere from $133,677 to $165,850 with the average total cash compensation of $149,744.

View Average Salary for Principal Researcher as table

	Average Salary	Average Salary Range
Base Salary	$143,359	$128,976 - $157,369
Bonus	$6,385	$4,701 - $8,482
Total Pay	$149,744	$133,677 - $165,850

* Base Salary represents gross income before taxes and deductions. It does not include additional pay such as benefits, bonuses, profit sharing or commissions.

* Total Pay combines base salary, bonuses, profit sharing, tips, commissions, overtime pay and other forms of cash earnings, as applicable for this job.

Principal Researcher Salary Near Fort Smith, AR

CITY, STATE	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE	COMPARE TO Fort Smith, AR
CITY, STATE Fayetteville, AR	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $134,591 - $164,220	COMPARE TO Fort Smith, AR
CITY, STATE Springdale, AR	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $134,591 - $164,220	COMPARE TO Fort Smith, AR
CITY, STATE Muskogee, OK	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $139,376 - $170,059	COMPARE TO Fort Smith, AR
CITY, STATE Rogers, AR	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $133,793 - $163,247	COMPARE TO Fort Smith, AR
CITY, STATE Bentonville, AR	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $133,527 - $162,923	COMPARE TO Fort Smith, AR
CITY, STATE Broken Arrow, OK	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $140,263 - $171,141	COMPARE TO Fort Smith, AR

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About Fort Smith, Arkansas

Fort Smith is the second-largest city in Arkansas and one of the two county seats of Sebastian County. As of the 2010 Census, the population was 86,209. With an estimated population of 88,037 in 2017, it is the principal city of the Fort Smith, Arkansas-Oklahoma Metropolitan Statistical Area, a region of 298,592 residents that encompasses the Arkansas counties of Crawford, Franklin, and Sebastian, and the Oklahoma counties of Le Flore and Sequoyah. Fort Smith has a sister city relationship with Cisterna, Italy, site of the World War II Battle of Cisterna, fought by United States Army Rangers c...

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About Fort Smith, Arkansas Fort Smith is the second-largest city in Arkansas and one of the two county seats of Sebastian County. As of the 2010 Census, the population was 86,20....More

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