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Last updated: June 08, 2026

Pharmaceutical Operator Salary
in Spain

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€23,822 (EUR)

Average Salary

€11/hr

Average Hourly

€307

Average Bonus

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The average pay for a Pharmaceutical Operator is €23,822 a year and €11 an hour in Spain. The average salary range for a Pharmaceutical Operator is between €17,843 and €28,015. On average, a High School Degree is the highest level of education for a Pharmaceutical Operator. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Spain.

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Estimated salary in 2031:
€26,704
5 Year Change:
12 %

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Description: 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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The average pay for a Pharmaceutical Operator is €23,822 a year and €11 an hour in Spain. The average salary range for a Pharmaceutical Operator is between €17,843 and €28,015. On average, a High School Degree is the highest level of education for a Pharmaceutical Operator. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Spain.

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Pharmaceutical Operator Job Description

Description: Operates equipment and tends machines to produce variety of pharmaceutical and toilet products or ingredients, performing any combination of following duties. Weighs and measures out coating ingredients and coats medicinal tablets coater. Tends mixing machine and heated kettles to prepare specified ingredients for ointments, creams, liquid medications, powders, gums, and similar drug products, adding ingredients according to formulas compounder. Tends milling and grinding machines that reduce mixtures to designated sized particles, or grinds materials with mortar and pestle. Prepares granulated products granulator-machine operator. Tends filter presses, sifting machines, autoclaves, water stills, and related equipment to prepare ingredients for further processing. Operates machine to compress ingredients into tablets compressor. Inspects, weighs, and tests hardness of tablets tablet tester. May be designated according to substance prepared as liquid compounder.

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Spain Cost of Living Score:

Description: 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 ...
Description: Operates equipment and tends machines to produce variety of pharmaceutical and toilet products or ingredients, performing any combination of following duties. Weighs and measures out coating ingredients and coats medicinal tablets coater. Tends mixing machine and heated kettles to prepare specified ingredients for ointments, creams, liquid medications, powders, gums, and similar drug products, adding ingredients according to formulas compounder. Tends milling and grinding machines that reduce mixtures to designated sized particles, or grinds materials with mortar and pestle. Prepares granulated products granulator-machine operator. Tends filter presses, sifting machines, autoclaves, water stills, and related equipment to prepare ingredients for further processing. Operates machine to compress ingredients into tablets compressor. Inspects, weighs, and tests hardness of tablets tablet tester. May be designated according to substance prepared as liquid compounder.

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