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Injection press operator salary

Average injection press operator salary

$15.52

$32,274 yearly

Entry-level injection press operator salary
$27,000 yearly salary
Updated January 8, 2025
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Average injection press operator salary by state

Highest paying states for injection press operators

RankStateAvg. salaryHourly rate
1Rhode Island$36,877$17.73
2New Hampshire$36,979$17.78
3Alaska$37,680$18.12
4Massachusetts$36,253$17.43
5South Dakota$35,703$17.16
6Connecticut$36,571$17.58
7Nevada$37,900$18.22
8Vermont$36,271$17.44
9Kansas$34,648$16.66
10Michigan$34,276$16.48
11Idaho$35,847$17.23
12Washington$36,707$17.65
13Tennessee$32,937$15.84
14Minnesota$34,261$16.47
15District of Columbia$35,066$16.86
16West Virginia$34,874$16.77
17Kentucky$33,525$16.12
18Maryland$34,538$16.60
19Maine$34,572$16.62
20Oregon$35,386$17.01
21Wisconsin$32,480$15.62
22Colorado$36,165$17.39
23Montana$35,098$16.87
24Utah$33,805$16.25
25Delaware$35,420$17.03
26Hawaii$34,266$16.47
27Ohio$31,214$15.01
28Indiana$31,145$14.97
29Louisiana$33,447$16.08
30North Dakota$33,348$16.03
31Wyoming$32,861$15.80
32South Carolina$31,528$15.16
33New Jersey$30,605$14.71
34Illinois$31,549$15.17
35California$33,733$16.22
36Georgia$30,238$14.54
37Mississippi$30,697$14.76
38Nebraska$30,898$14.85
39North Carolina$29,990$14.42
40Iowa$29,517$14.19
41Pennsylvania$29,161$14.02
42Missouri$30,129$14.49
43Arkansas$29,667$14.26
44Oklahoma$30,015$14.43
45New Mexico$30,875$14.84
46Alabama$29,556$14.21
47Texas$29,246$14.06
48New York$29,725$14.29
49Arizona$29,001$13.94
50Florida$27,765$13.35
51Virginia$27,548$13.24

Injection press operator salary details

An injection press operator's salary ranges from $27,000 a year at the 10th percentile to $38,000 at the 90th percentile.

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Average injection press operator salary graph, trends, and summary

What is an injection press operator's salary?

PercentileAnnual salaryMonthly salaryHourly rate
90th Percentile$38,000$3,167$18
75th Percentile$35,000$2,917$17
Average$32,274$2,690$16
25th Percentile$29,000$2,417$14
10th Percentile$27,000$2,250$13

Highest paying injection press operator jobs

The highest paying types of injection press operators are stamp press operator, punch press operator, and operator.

Job titleAnnual salaryMonthly salaryHourly rateJob openings
Mold Machine Operator$32,186$2,682$15.4768,276
Operator$37,928$3,161$18.23159,077
Machine Operator$32,874$2,740$15.8096,834
Molder Operator$31,707$2,642$15.2466,217
Line Operator$34,520$2,877$16.60137,127
Extrusion Operator$36,571$3,048$17.5858,622

Top companies hiring injection press operators now:

  1. General Electric jobs (3)
  2. Amcor jobs (5)
  3. Smithfield Foods jobs (4)
  4. Butterball jobs (3)
  5. Cooper Standard jobs (2)

Wage gap by gender, race and education

$33,000$32,600$32,200$31,800$31,400$31,000
MaleFemale

Injection press operator salary trends

The average injection press operator salary has risen by $6,336 over the last ten years. In 2014, the average injection press operator earned $25,938 annually, but today, they earn $32,274 a year. That works out to a 14% change in pay for injection press operators over the last decade.

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Average injection press operator salary over time

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Injection press operator salary by year

YearAvg. salaryHourly rate% Change
2025$32,300$15.52+3.7%
2024$31,100$14.94+3.2%
2023$30,100$14.46+4.1%
2022$28,900$13.87+2.1%
2021$28,300$13.58+3.4%

Recently added injection press operator salaries

CompanyJobLocationDate addedSalary
Lloyd Richards Personnel2Nd Shift Mold Injection Press OperatorBroken Arrow, OK06/20/2025$36,523
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Niagara BottlingInjection OperatorRialto, CA04/19/2025$47,897
Niagara BottlingInjection OperatorBaltimore, MD04/04/2025$45,726
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