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Last Updated: June 21, 2026

Refinery Operator

48.328 € (EUR)/yr

23,23 € (EUR)/hr

1.073 € (EUR)/yr

The average refinery operator gross salary in Spain is 48.328 € or an equivalent hourly rate of 23 €. In addition, they earn an average bonus of 1.073 €. Salary estimates based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Spain. An entry level refinery operator (1-3 years of experience) earns an average salary of 34.354 €. On the other end, a senior level refinery operator (8+ years of experience) earns an average salary of 53.920 €.

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Salary Potential

54.281 € (EUR)

12 %

Based on our compensation data, the estimated salary potential for Refinery Operator will increase 12 % over 5 years.

Education

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Refinery Operator, the majority at 100% with high schools.

Typical Field of Study: Industrial Mechanics and Maintenance Technology Training

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Spain

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Spain, officially the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern and Western Europe with territories in North Africa. Featuring the southernmost point of continental Europe, it is the largest country in Southern Europe and the fourth-most populous European Union (EU) member state. Spanning the majority of the Iberian Peninsula, its territory also includes the Canary Islands, in the Eastern Atlantic Ocean; the Balearic Islands, in the Western Mediterranean Sea; and the autonomous cities of Ceuta

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Job Description
Assesses specifications and controls continuous operation of petroleum refining and processing units to produce products, such as gasoline, kerosene, and fuel and lubricating oils, by such methods as distillation, absorption, extraction, adsorption, thermal and catalytic cracking and reforming, polymerization, isomerization, coking, visbreaking, and alkylation. Reads processing schedules, operating logs, test results of oil samples, and laboratory recommendations to determine changes... in equipment controls required to produce specified quantity and quality of product. Moves and positions controls, such as knobs, valves, switches, levers, and index arms, on control panels to control process variables, such as flows, temperatures, pressures, vacuum, time, catalyst, and chemicals, by automatic regulation and remote control of processing units, such as heaters, furnaces, compressors, exchangers, reactors, quenchers, stabilizers, fractionators, rechargers, absorbers, strippers, debutanizers, stills, and towers.Read More
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