What share of managers are women at Merck in Japan?

28.3%, as reported to MHLW's women's-advancement database (as of June 2026).

What is the gender pay gap at Merck in Japan?

Women's average pay as a percentage of men's: 82.2% across all employees, 85.3% among regular employees, 65.5% among non-regular employees. This compares average pay, not pay for the same job.

How many fathers take childcare leave at Merck in Japan?

100.0% of eligible men took childcare leave.

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Merck in Japan

Japan entity: MSD株式会社 · Parent: Merck & Co · Corporate number 2010001135668 · 日本語

The Japan subsidiary of Merck & Co (United States), registered as MSD株式会社, reports in the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare's women's-advancement database that 28.3% of its managers are women, women's average pay is 85.3% of men's among regular employees, 100.0% of eligible fathers took childcare leave (as of June 2026).

Women's advancement and leave

Women in management

28.3%

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

82.2%

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

85.3%

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

65.5%

Men taking childcare leave

100.0%

Eruboshi (level 3)Kurumin

The pay figures compare women's average pay with men's, not pay for the same job. Data as of June 2026.

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Questions this page answers

What share of managers are women at Merck in Japan?: 28.3%, as reported to MHLW's women's-advancement database (as of June 2026).
What is the gender pay gap at Merck in Japan?: Women's average pay as a percentage of men's: 82.2% across all employees, 85.3% among regular employees, 65.5% among non-regular employees. This compares average pay, not pay for the same job.
How many fathers take childcare leave at Merck in Japan?: 100.0% 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.