What share of managers are women at Merck Co., Ltd.?

29.3%, as reported to MHLW's women's-advancement database (as of December 2025).

What is the gender pay gap at Merck Co., Ltd.?

Women's average pay as a percentage of men's: 82.1% across all employees, 83.7% among regular employees, 58.1% among non-regular employees. This compares average pay, not pay for the same job.

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Merck Co., Ltd.

Japanese name: メルク株式会社 · English rendering · Corporate number 2011001133752 · 日本語

Merck Co., Ltd. (メルク株式会社), a chemicals employer in Tokyo with 301–500 employees, reports in the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare's women's-advancement database that 29.3% of its managers are women, women's average pay is 83.7% of men's among regular employees (as of December 2025).

Women's advancement and leave

Women in management

29.3%

Median, same industry and size: 10.0%

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

82.1%

Median, same industry and size: 75.4%

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

83.7%

Median, same industry and size: 77.8%

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

58.1%

Median, same industry and size: 69.8%

Men taking childcare leave

Not published

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

Chemicals in Tokyo

Mitsubishi Chemical CorporationWomen managers 6.6%
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JSR Co., Ltd.Women managers 5.9%
Merck in JapanWomen managers 28.3%
RM Tohcello Co., Ltd.Women managers 5.2%
GSK in JapanWomen managers 26.7%
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Questions this page answers

What share of managers are women at Merck Co., Ltd.?: 29.3%, as reported to MHLW's women's-advancement database (as of December 2025).
What is the gender pay gap at Merck Co., Ltd.?: Women's average pay as a percentage of men's: 82.1% across all employees, 83.7% among regular employees, 58.1% among non-regular employees. This compares average pay, not pay for the same job.

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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.