Kao Corporation

Chemicals ・ 4452

Figures below come from this company's annual securities report (有価証券報告書) filed with Japan's Financial Services Agency. Filing a false statement is a criminal offence, which is what makes them worth building on.

Average annual pay
¥8.7m
filing entity, incl. bonuses
vs peers
+¥3.06m
same industry & average age
Average age
40.6 yrs
Average tenure
16.7 yrs
Employees
31,514
consolidated
Market cap
¥1,371.7bn
J-Quants, ~12-week delay
Working here from 22 to 60est. ¥287m grossindustry norm ¥200m ・ ¥211m after tax and social insurance (74%)
What is left after tax and social insurance? →How much did the 2026 changes move it? →

Corporate Number 4010001034760 (National Tax Agency)

Workforce disclosure

Japan requires listed companies to disclose these three ratios. They are useful but easy to misread — the notes matter.

ItemValue What it does not tell you
Female managers28.7%definition of 'manager' varies by company
Male parental leave90.1%can exceed 100%; says nothing about duration
Gender pay gap (all workers)90.8%women's pay as % of men's; not equal-work comparison
Workplace score (beta)60.2deviation vs all listed, 50 = median
Investment score (beta)53.4deviation vs all listed, 50 = median

Pay history

From past annual securities reports. Reorganisations move this figure even when pay itself does not — the average covers the filing entity only.

Fiscal year endAverage annual pay
2023-12-31¥8.0m
2024-12-31¥8.1m
2025-12-31¥8.7m

Similar companies

Same sector, closest by average pay. A starting point for comparison — not a ranking. Pay differences here are driven as much by average age and by how much of the group sits inside the filing entity as by how well a company pays.

Company Average payAvg ageCode
OSAKA ORGANIC CHEMICAL INDUSTRY LTD.¥8.6m41.34187
VALQUA , LTD.¥8.6m47.17995
NIPPON SHOKUBAI CO., LTD.¥8.6m39.44114
DAICEL CORPORATION¥8.7m41.94202
C.Uyemura & Co.,Ltd.¥8.7m41.34966
Nissan Chemical Corporation¥8.7m40.84021

Limitations

Source: annual securities report (EDINET, Financial Services Agency of Japan); market data from J-Quants (JPX Market Innovation & Research), ~12-week delay. Compiled independently by Corpus; not provided or endorsed by any government agency. Full detail in Japanese: 花王株式会社.