The utility model provides a filter screen supporting structure for an oil separator, which comprises a fixing ring, the fixing ring is fixedly connected inside an oil separator shell through a mounting ring, the inner side surface of the fixing ring is fixedly connected with a mounting plate, the back surface of the mounting plate is fixedly connected with an auxiliary filter screen, and the front surface of the mounting plate is fixedly connected with a main supporting rod and an auxiliary supporting rod respectively; the ends, away from the mounting plate, of the main supporting rod and the auxiliary supporting rod are fixedly connected with supporting blocks, the supporting blocks abut against the surface of a main filter screen, meanwhile, the main filter screen is fixedly connected to the inner side face of a frame, and the frame is fixedly connected to the front face of a fixing ring through main bolts. Through cooperation of the fixing ring, the mounting plate, the main supporting rod, the auxiliary supporting rod and the supporting block, the structural strength of the central parts of the main filter screen and the auxiliary filter screen can be effectively enhanced, and then the probability that the main filter screen and the auxiliary filter screen are deformed and damaged can be reduced in an auxiliary mode.