What share of managers are women at Western Digital in Japan?

5.0%, as reported to MHLW's women's-advancement database (as of June 2025).

What is the gender pay gap at Western Digital in Japan?

Women's average pay as a percentage of men's: 64.1% across all employees, 64.1% among regular employees. This compares average pay, not pay for the same job.

How many fathers take childcare leave at Western Digital in Japan?

33.3% of eligible men took childcare leave.

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United States-owned·Electronics & electrical equipment·Kanagawa·501–1000 employees

Western Digital in Japan

Japan entity: ウエスタンデジタルテクノロジーズ合同会社 · Parent: Western Digital Corporation · Corporate number 1021001033523 · 日本語

The Japan subsidiary of Western Digital Corporation (United States), registered as ウエスタンデジタルテクノロジーズ合同会社, reports in the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare's women's-advancement database that 5.0% of its managers are women, women's average pay is 64.1% of men's among regular employees, 33.3% of eligible fathers took childcare leave (as of June 2025).

Women's advancement and leave

Women in management

5.0%

Women's pay as % of men's, all

64.1%

Women's pay as % of men's, regular

64.1%

Women's pay as % of men's, non-regular

Not published

Men taking childcare leave

33.3%

The pay figures compare women's average pay with men's, not pay for the same job. Data as of June 2025.

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Questions this page answers

What share of managers are women at Western Digital in Japan?: 5.0%, as reported to MHLW's women's-advancement database (as of June 2025).
What is the gender pay gap at Western Digital in Japan?: Women's average pay as a percentage of men's: 64.1% across all employees, 64.1% among regular employees. This compares average pay, not pay for the same job.
How many fathers take childcare leave at Western Digital in Japan?: 33.3% of eligible men took childcare leave.

Japan Human Capital Data 2026

For this employer and about 36,000 others: overtime, paid leave taken, women among officers, supervisors and new hires, tenure and ten-year retention by gender, with medians and percentiles for its industry and size band, and every foreign-owned subsidiary flagged with its parent. In a members' dashboard and as Excel and CSV.

What Professional includes

Source: Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, women's-advancement database (open data), as of 2026-10-06; figures are self-reported by each employer and checked for plausibility by The Hardest Market. 女性の活躍推進企業データベースオープンデータ（2026年10月6日時点）を加工して作成.