What share of managers are women at Costco Wholesale in Japan?

26.5%, as reported to MHLW's women's-advancement database (as of August 2025).

What is the gender pay gap at Costco Wholesale in Japan?

Women's average pay as a percentage of men's: 80.0% across all employees, 85.7% among regular employees, 98.6% among non-regular employees. This compares average pay, not pay for the same job.

How many fathers take childcare leave at Costco Wholesale in Japan?

72.0% of eligible men took childcare leave.

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United States-owned·Wholesale & retail·Chiba·5001+ employees

Costco Wholesale in Japan

Japan entity: コストコホールセールジャパン株式会社 · Parent: Costco Wholesale Corporation · Corporate number 3020001079681 · 日本語

The Japan subsidiary of Costco Wholesale Corporation (United States), registered as コストコホールセールジャパン株式会社, reports in the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare's women's-advancement database that 26.5% of its managers are women, women's average pay is 85.7% of men's among regular employees, 72.0% of eligible fathers took childcare leave (as of August 2025).

Women's advancement and leave

Women in management

26.5%

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

80.0%

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

85.7%

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

98.6%

Men taking childcare leave

72.0%

Eruboshi (level 3)Kurumin

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

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Questions this page answers

What share of managers are women at Costco Wholesale in Japan?: 26.5%, as reported to MHLW's women's-advancement database (as of August 2025).
What is the gender pay gap at Costco Wholesale in Japan?: Women's average pay as a percentage of men's: 80.0% across all employees, 85.7% among regular employees, 98.6% among non-regular employees. This compares average pay, not pay for the same job.
How many fathers take childcare leave at Costco Wholesale in Japan?: 72.0% 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.