What are the main factors that influence an Ammunition Assembly Operator's salary?

The primary factors are: 1) Experience Level, 2) Geographic Location, 3) Education/Skills, 4) Company Size & Industry

What industry pays the highest salary for Ammunition Assembly Operator?

The Chemicals industry offers the highest average compensation for Ammunition Assembly Operator roles, with salaries approximately 30% above the market median.

How does experience change An Ammunition Assembly Operator's salary?

An Ammunition Assembly Operator's salary grows with experience: starting around $36,650 for beginners, reaching about $37,594 at mid-level, and approach $37,804 for experts.

What are the highest paying states for an Ammunition Assembly Operator?

Ammunition Assembly Operator salary varies significantly by state. The top 3 highest paying states for Ammunition Assembly Operator roles are District of Columbia $42,313, California $42,152, Massachusetts $41,591. These tech hubs typically pay 10-15% above the national average.

How much do different types of Ammunition Assembly Operator roles make?

Salaries for Ammunition Assembly Operator level roles vary by specialization: Ammunition Inspector: $74,666; Operator, Assembly Operator: $55,954; Ammunition Specialist: $46,914; Assembly Technician/Machine Operator: $46,624; Assembly Operator: $45,288.

Ammunition Assembly Operator Salary in Vermont

How much does an Ammunition Assembly Operator make in Vermont? As of October 01, 2026, the average salary for an Ammunition Assembly Operator in Vermont is $37,509 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $18.

However, an Ammunition Assembly Operator's salary can vary significantly. Here's a look at the typical salary range:

Top Earners (90th percentile): $43,306
Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $34,650 to $40,543
Entry-Level (10th percentile): $32,046

10% $32,046

50% (Median) $37,509

90% $43,306

Ammunition Assembly Operator Salaries by Percentile

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$40,543	$3,379	$780	$19
Average	$37,509	$3,126	$721	$18
25th Percentile	$34,650	$2,887	$666	$17

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Key Factors That Influence Ammunition Assembly Operator Salaries

An Ammunition Assembly Operator's salary isn't a fixed number. It's shaped by several important factors. Below, we'll explore how your years of experience, geographic location and company size can directly affect your earning potential.

How Experience Level Affects Ammunition Assembly Operator Salaries?

Experience is a primary driver of an Ammunition Assembly Operator's salary. As you build your skills and take on more complex tasks, your compensation generally increases. Here's how the average salary grows at different career stages:

Entry-Level (less than 1 year): $36,650
Early Career (1-2 years): $36,961
Mid-Level (2-4 years): $37,594
Senior-Level (5-8 years): $37,720
Expert (over 8 years): $37,804

Job Role	Years of Experience	Average Salary
Entry Level Ammunition Assembly Operator	less than 1 year	$36,650
Early Career Level Ammunition Assembly Operator	1-2 years	$36,961
Mid-Level Level Ammunition Assembly Operator	2-4 years	$37,594
Senior-Level Level Ammunition Assembly Operator	5-8 years	$37,720
Expert Level Ammunition Assembly Operator	over 8 years	$37,804

How Do Ammunition Assembly Operator Salaries Vary from State to State?

Your salary can change significantly depending on where you work. States with a higher cost of living and strong industrial sectors often pay more to attract Ammunition Assembly Operators. For example, consider the average annual salaries in these key locations:

District of Columbia: $42,313.
California: $42,152.
Massachusetts: $41,591.

District of Columbia $42,313 California $42,152 Massachusetts $41,591 Washington $41,438 New Jersey $41,423 Alaska $41,369 Connecticut $40,842 New York $40,628

Hawaii $39,944 Rhode Island $39,623 Maryland $39,405 Minnesota $39,107 Colorado $38,992 Illinois $38,954 Oregon $38,809 Delaware $38,702

New Hampshire $38,634 Virginia $38,484 Pennsylvania $38,044 Nevada $37,823 North Dakota $37,750 Michigan $37,635 Wisconsin $37,593 Vermont $37,509

Texas $37,276 Maine $37,261 Arizona $37,238 Ohio $37,211 Georgia $36,860 Indiana $36,684 Wyoming $36,649 Utah $36,596

Iowa $36,573 Kansas $36,389 Louisiana $36,336 North Carolina $36,317 Missouri $36,309 Florida $36,160 Montana $36,080 Nebraska $36,003

Kentucky $35,961 South Carolina $35,809 Tennessee $35,713 Idaho $35,675 New Mexico $35,396 Oklahoma $35,335 Alabama $35,109 South Dakota $34,731

Arkansas $34,525 West Virginia $34,414 Mississippi $34,081

Top Paying Cities for Ammunition Assembly Operator

Salaries can also vary between different cities. Major metropolitan areas or cities with a high demand for technicians often offer more competitive pay. Here are a few examples of average annual salaries in different U.S. cities:

Adamant: $38,394
Barre: $38,452
Cabot: $38,367

Adamant, VT $38,394

Barre, VT $38,452

Cabot, VT $38,367

Calais, VT $38,401

East Barre, VT $38,393

East Calais, VT $38,394

East Montpelier, VT $38,420

Eden, VT $38,369

Eden Mills, VT $38,334

Graniteville, VT $38,449

Hyde Park, VT $38,425

Johnson, VT $38,474

Lake Elmore, VT $38,382

Marshfield, VT $38,374

Moretown, VT $38,476

Morrisville, VT $38,472

Moscow, VT $38,491

Northfield, VT $38,429

Northfield Falls, VT $38,609

North Hyde Park, VT $38,423

North Montpelier, VT $38,384

Plainfield, VT $38,379

Roxbury, VT $38,314

South Barre, VT $38,496

Waterbury, VT $38,488

Stowe, VT $38,493

Waitsfield, VT $38,471

Warren, VT $38,400

Washington, VT $38,325

Waterbury Center, VT $38,486

Websterville, VT $38,443

Williamstown, VT $38,398

Wolcott, VT $38,377

Woodbury, VT $38,340

Worcester, VT $38,378

Rutland, VT $38,377

Belmont, VT $38,258

Benson, VT $38,258

Bomoseen, VT $38,318

Brandon, VT $38,347

Bridport, VT $38,351

Castleton, VT $38,325

Center Rutland, VT $38,352

Chittenden, VT $38,264

Cuttingsville, VT $38,250

Danby, VT $38,316

East Middlebury, VT $38,372

East Poultney, VT $38,320

East Wallingford, VT $38,278

Fair Haven, VT $38,292

Florence, VT $38,278

Forest Dale, VT $38,348

Gaysville, VT $38,105

Granville, VT $38,285

Hancock, VT $38,278

Hydeville, VT $38,323

Killington, VT $38,274

Middlebury, VT $38,431

Middletown Springs, VT $38,299

Mount Holly, VT $38,264

North Clarendon, VT $38,320

Orwell, VT $38,316

Pawlet, VT $38,329

Pittsfield, VT $38,296

Pittsford, VT $38,333

Poultney, VT $38,326

Proctor, VT $38,368

Ripton, VT $38,324

Rochester, VT $38,304

Rupert, VT $38,300

Salisbury, VT $38,361

Shoreham, VT $38,329

Stockbridge, VT $38,261

Wallingford, VT $38,282

Wells, VT $38,331

West Pawlet, VT $38,344

West Rupert, VT $38,335

West Rutland, VT $38,311

Whiting, VT $38,330

Saint Johnsbury, VT $38,372

Albany, VT $38,350

Barnet, VT $38,331

Barton, VT $38,345

Beebe Plain, VT $38,357

Concord, VT $38,295

Coventry, VT $38,402

Craftsbury, VT $38,361

Craftsbury Common, VT $38,363

Danville, VT $38,339

Derby, VT $38,357

Derby Line, VT $38,328

East Burke, VT $38,327

East Charleston, VT $38,331

East Hardwick, VT $38,351

East Haven, VT $38,243

East Saint Johnsbury, VT $38,371

Glover, VT $38,334

Granby, VT $38,196

Greensboro, VT $38,321

Greensboro Bend, VT $38,345

Hardwick, VT $38,388

Irasburg, VT $38,336

Island Pond, VT $38,273

Lowell, VT $38,323

Lower Waterford, VT $38,367

Lyndon, VT $38,360

Lyndon Center, VT $38,403

Lyndonville, VT $38,361

Morgan, VT $38,292

Newport, VT $38,380

Newport Center, VT $38,331

North Concord, VT $38,231

North Troy, VT $38,336

Orleans, VT $38,322

Passumpsic, VT $38,374

Peacham, VT $38,297

Saint Johnsbury Center, VT $38,375

Sheffield, VT $38,307

Sutton, VT $38,304

Troy, VT $38,340

West Burke, VT $38,330

West Charleston, VT $38,312

West Danville, VT $38,342

Westfield, VT $38,311

West Glover, VT $38,337

Averill, VT $38,114

Beecher Falls, VT $38,361

Canaan, VT $38,266

Gilman, VT $38,434

Guildhall, VT $38,215

Lunenburg, VT $38,299

Norton, VT $38,191

North Bennington, VT $38,617

North Pownal, VT $38,695

Pownal, VT $38,717

White River Junction, VT $38,367

Ascutney, VT $38,385

Barnard, VT $38,280

Bethel, VT $38,303

Bradford, VT $38,343

Bridgewater, VT $38,319

Bridgewater Corners, VT $38,243

Brookfield, VT $38,341

Brownsville, VT $38,320

Chelsea, VT $38,319

Corinth, VT $38,308

East Corinth, VT $38,324

East Randolph, VT $38,332

East Ryegate, VT $38,298

East Thetford, VT $38,346

Fairlee, VT $38,304

Groton, VT $38,315

Hartford, VT $38,467

Hartland, VT $38,332

Hartland Four Corners, VT $38,330

Mc Indoe Falls, VT $38,429

Newbury, VT $38,310

North Hartland, VT $38,359

North Pomfret, VT $38,293

North Thetford, VT $38,345

Norwich, VT $38,337

Plymouth, VT $38,215

Post Mills, VT $38,337

Quechee, VT $38,376

Randolph, VT $38,369

Randolph Center, VT $38,350

Reading, VT $38,247

Sharon, VT $38,303

South Pomfret, VT $38,266

South Royalton, VT $38,314

South Ryegate, VT $38,321

South Strafford, VT $38,312

South Woodstock, VT $38,257

Strafford, VT $38,278

Taftsville, VT $38,379

Thetford, VT $38,346

Thetford Center, VT $38,306

Topsham, VT $38,294

Tunbridge, VT $38,301

Vershire, VT $38,283

Wells River, VT $38,324

West Fairlee, VT $38,394

West Hartford, VT $38,294

West Newbury, VT $38,309

West Topsham, VT $38,325

Wilder, VT $38,468

Windsor, VT $38,348

Woodstock, VT $38,301

Bellows Falls, VT $38,441

Cambridgeport, VT $38,397

Cavendish, VT $38,269

Chester, VT $38,307

Chester Depot, VT $38,293

Grafton, VT $38,278

Londonderry, VT $38,347

Ludlow, VT $38,289

North Springfield, VT $38,423

Perkinsville, VT $38,318

Peru, VT $38,307

Proctorsville, VT $38,275

Saxtons River, VT $38,433

South Londonderry, VT $38,371

Springfield, VT $38,404

Westminster, VT $38,440

Westminster Station, VT $38,443

Weston, VT $38,267

Shaftsbury, VT $38,571

Brattleboro, VT $38,519

Bondville, VT $38,360

East Dover, VT $38,437

Jacksonville, VT $38,534

Jamaica, VT $38,360

Marlboro, VT $38,710

Newfane, VT $38,412

Putney, VT $38,404

Readsboro, VT $38,714

South Newfane, VT $38,426

Stamford, VT $38,686

Townshend, VT $38,377

Vernon, VT $38,637

Wardsboro, VT $38,405

West Dover, VT $38,468

West Dummerston, VT $38,422

West Halifax, VT $38,481

West Townshend, VT $38,326

West Wardsboro, VT $38,327

Whitingham, VT $38,520

Williamsville, VT $38,422

Wilmington, VT $38,497

Burlington, VT $38,602

South Burlington, VT $38,600

Winooski, VT $38,602

Colchester, VT $38,602

Alburgh, VT $38,410

Bakersfield, VT $38,467

Belvidere Center, VT $38,327

Bristol, VT $38,475

Cambridge, VT $38,520

Charlotte, VT $38,550

East Berkshire, VT $38,429

East Fairfield, VT $38,487

Enosburg Falls, VT $38,381

Essex, VT $38,573

Essex Junction, VT $38,575

Fairfax, VT $38,523

Fairfield, VT $38,486

Ferrisburgh, VT $38,507

Franklin, VT $38,383

Grand Isle, VT $38,527

Highgate Center, VT $38,415

Highgate Springs, VT $38,435

Hinesburg, VT $38,549

Huntington, VT $38,520

Isle La Motte, VT $38,457

Jeffersonville, VT $38,494

Jericho, VT $38,541

Jonesville, VT $38,549

Milton, VT $38,559

Monkton, VT $38,518

Montgomery, VT $38,381

Montgomery Center, VT $38,334

New Haven, VT $38,470

North Ferrisburgh, VT $38,524

North Hero, VT $38,486

Richford, VT $38,374

Richmond, VT $38,545

Saint Albans, VT $38,503

Saint Albans Bay, VT $38,498

Shelburne, VT $38,585

Sheldon, VT $38,457

Sheldon Springs, VT $38,552

South Hero, VT $38,562

Starksboro, VT $38,497

Swanton, VT $38,450

Underhill, VT $38,532

Underhill Center, VT $38,533

Vergennes, VT $38,458

Waterville, VT $38,471

Westford, VT $38,551

Williston, VT $38,580

Montpelier, VT $38,445

Bennington, VT $38,645

Arlington, VT $38,509

Dorset, VT $38,360

East Arlington, VT $38,345

East Dorset, VT $38,360

Manchester, VT $38,464

Manchester Center, VT $38,439

Ammunition Assembly Operator Salary by Industry: Top Paying Sectors

For Ammunition Assembly Operator roles, the industry you choose can impact your earning potential by as much as 50% (the gap between the highest and lowest paying industries). Data shows that the highest-paying industry, Chemicals, offers compensation 30% above the average. Conversely, Ammunition Assembly Operator positions in MFG Durable typically offer lower base pay, as this sector often view Ammunition Assembly Operator as a support function rather than a direct revenue driver.

The top paying industry for an Ammunition Assembly Operator

Industry Sector	Average Annual Salary	Average Hourly Rate	Pay vs.Avg
Chemicals	$48,762	$23.0	30%

Ammunition Assembly Operator Salary: Hourly Rate, Weekly Pay, and Monthly Pay

Understanding how an Ammunition Assembly Operator's annual salary breaks down can help with budgeting. Below, you can see the average hourly rate, weekly pay, and monthly pay for this role. Use the buttons to switch between different pay periods.

$34,650

Average $37,509/year

$40,543

$2,887

Average $3,126/month

$3,379

$666

Average $721/week

$780

$17

Average $18/hour

$19

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$40,543	$3,379	$780	$19
Average	$37,509	$3,126	$721	$18
25th Percentile	$34,650	$2,887	$666	$17

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