Chemical Industry

Industry returns are an equal-weighted (geometric) average of member companies. Prices are split-adjusted closes for reference, not real-time.

Totals for the 22 covered companies with full-year results for every year from FY2022 to FY2026. The set is fixed, so adding or removing coverage doesn't move the figures.

Average salary

¥8.20Mmedian ¥8.09M

Average age

42.0

Average tenure

16.2 yrs

Starting salary (avg)

¥276,802monthly

Average salary is the reporting entity's figure (often a holding company) from its annual securities report. Holding companies with fewer than 50 staff are excluded.

Company	Revenue	YoY	Operating profit	Margin	Share	Average salary	Average age	Employees
1 Mitsubishi Chemical	¥3.7T	−6.2%	¥30.1B	0.8%	9.2%	¥10.6M	47.6	414
2 Fujifilm	¥3.4T	+5.0%	¥350.2B	10.4%	8.4%	¥10.9M	43.3	1,198
3 Asahi Kasei	¥3.1T	+1.2%	¥231.2B	7.5%	7.6%	¥8.00M	41.8	8,288
4 Toray	¥2.6T	+0.9%	¥97.2B	3.8%	6.4%	¥8.21M	40.8	7,010
5 Shin-Etsu	¥2.6T	+0.5%	¥635.2B	24.7%	6.4%	¥8.76M	41.3	3,881
6 Sumitomo Chemical	¥2.3T	−10.7%	¥151.7B	6.5%	5.8%	¥8.18M	42.1	6,669
7 Nippon Paint	¥1.8T	+8.3%	¥257.1B	14.5%	4.4%	¥10.8M	42.4	50
8 Mitsui Chemicals	¥1.7T	−7.8%	¥73.8B	4.4%	4.2%	¥8.72M	40.0	5,198
9 Nippon Sanso HD	¥1.4T	+3.9%	¥197.9B	14.6%	3.4%	¥10.3M	43.7	112
10 Resonac	¥1.3T	−3.2%	¥46.7B	3.5%	3.4%	¥10.3M	46.1	338
11 Sekisui Chemical	¥1.3T	+0.9%	¥106.5B	8.1%	3.3%	¥9.35M	43.9	3,089
12 Air Water	¥1.1T	+5.0%	¥75.2B	7.0%	2.7%	¥8.16M	42.5	685
13 DIC	¥1.1T	−1.8%	¥52.2B	5.0%	2.6%	¥7.99M	44.3	3,880
14 Tosoh	¥1.0T	−4.1%	¥95.5B	9.4%	2.5%	¥7.96M	38.5	3,954
15 Nitto	¥1.0T	+10.8%	¥185.7B	18.3%	2.5%	¥8.34M	40.9	6,729
16 Kaneka	¥811.6B	+0.5%	¥32.9B	4.1%	2.0%	¥8.24M	41.3	3,485
17 Kuraray	¥808.4B	−2.2%	¥58.9B	7.3%	2.0%	¥8.02M	42.0	4,569
18 MGC	¥738.2B	−4.6%	¥45.3B	6.1%	1.8%	¥9.08M	41.0	2,562
19 Kansai Paint	¥589.8B	+0.2%	¥49.7B	8.4%	1.5%	¥8.45M	42.5	1,507
20 Daicel	¥579.6B	−1.2%	¥42.1B	7.3%	1.4%	¥8.65M	41.9	2,533
21 UBE	¥462.3B	−5.0%	¥18.9B	4.1%	1.2%	¥7.74M	43.1	2,693
22 Toyobo	¥421.6B	−0.1%	¥27.9B	6.6%	1.0%	¥6.85M	40.1	2,885
23 ADEKA	¥416.6B	+2.3%	¥41.6B	10.0%	1.0%	¥7.82M	40.2	1,810
24 Zeon	¥412.0B	−2.1%	¥36.4B	8.8%	1.0%	¥7.76M	39.6	2,503
25 Nippon Shokubai	¥399.9B	−2.3%	¥17.5B	4.4%	1.0%	¥8.59M	39.4	2,573
26 Denka	¥384.2B	−4.0%	¥26.2B	6.8%	1.0%	¥7.55M	40.8	4,234
27 artience	¥350.0B	−0.3%	¥20.8B	5.9%	0.9%	¥8.12M	44.7	392
28 Tokuyama	¥349.5B	+1.9%	¥37.0B	10.6%	0.9%	¥7.32M	41.4	2,593
29 Sumitomo Bakelite	¥319.9B	+5.0%	¥35.5B	11.1%	0.8%	¥8.17M	46.7	1,684
30 Nissan Chemical	¥279.6B	+11.2%	¥63.6B	22.7%	0.7%	¥8.71M	40.8	2,107
31 NOF	¥258.0B	+8.2%	¥47.4B	18.4%	0.6%	¥8.44M	42.9	1,976
32 Sakata INX	¥257.7B	+4.9%	¥15.2B	5.9%	0.6%	¥8.26M	44.6	902
33 Aica	¥251.8B	+1.2%	¥29.1B	11.6%	0.6%	¥8.17M	41.3	1,287
34 Nippon Kayaku	¥241.9B	+8.7%	¥22.5B	9.3%	0.6%	¥7.98M	41.0	2,366
35 Takasago	¥225.1B	−1.8%	¥8.1B	3.6%	0.6%	¥9.08M	42.1	1,087
36 Toagosei	¥162.3B	−3.2%	¥14.2B	8.7%	0.4%	¥7.40M	43.6	1,444
37 Kureha	¥161.7B	−0.2%	¥-18.6B	-11.5%	0.4%	¥7.42M	43.6	1,631
38 Ishihara	¥154.9B	+6.7%	¥19.1B	12.3%	0.4%	¥7.66M	43.5	1,130
39 Nippon Soda	¥152.1B	−2.0%	¥15.0B	9.8%	0.4%	¥9.49M	44.6	1,316
40 Sumitomo Seika	¥148.4B	+0.5%	¥14.5B	9.7%	0.4%	¥6.85M	38.5	1,038
41 Central Glass	¥144.5B	+0.2%	¥10.0B	6.9%	0.4%	¥7.17M	37.1	1,373
42 CMP	¥139.4B	+6.3%	¥17.4B	12.5%	0.3%	¥7.64M	44.5	493
43 Nihon Parkerizing	¥138.2B	+4.4%	¥14.8B	10.7%	0.3%	¥8.05M	44.0	906
44 Taiyo Holdings	¥137.9B	+15.8%	¥32.5B	23.6%	0.3%	¥9.85M	37.5	176
45 Sanyo Chemical	¥127.9B	−10.1%	¥10.0B	7.8%	0.3%	¥8.22M	42.9	1,267
46 KH Neochem	¥115.1B	−3.9%	¥11.2B	9.8%	0.3%	¥7.32M	40.8	683
47 Dexerials	¥113.8B	+3.1%	¥38.1B	33.5%	0.3%	¥7.59M	44.3	1,369
48 Osaka Soda	¥100.0B	+3.7%	¥17.6B	17.6%	0.2%	¥7.27M	42.1	677
49 Sakai Chemical	¥81.4B	−3.5%	¥6.5B	7.9%	0.2%	¥6.54M	41.7	769
50 Asahi Yukizai	¥80.1B	−6.0%	¥7.6B	9.5%	0.2%	¥6.83M	42.1	899
51 Sekisui Jushi	¥78.2B	+5.3%	¥5.7B	7.3%	0.2%	¥6.48M	44.0	743
52 FUSO Chemical	¥76.9B	+10.7%	¥18.9B	24.5%	0.2%	¥7.58M	41.6	623
53 T. Hasegawa	¥73.5B	+2.6%	¥8.5B	11.6%	0.2%	¥7.60M	44.4	1,154
54 Kanto Denka	¥65.4B	+4.9%	¥5.5B	8.4%	0.2%	¥7.38M	40.8	802
55 Stella Chemifa	¥36.8B	+1.4%	¥4.6B	12.6%	0.1%	¥7.32M	39.5	293
56 Osaka Organic	¥36.3B	+10.9%	¥6.2B	17.1%	0.1%	¥8.58M	41.3	405
57 JCU	¥29.7B	+4.6%	¥12.2B	41.0%	0.1%	¥8.21M	44.7	250
58 Tri Chemical	¥23.9B	+26.3%	¥5.9B	24.7%	0.1%	¥8.38M	34.5	265
59 MEC	¥20.9B	+14.9%	¥5.7B	27.4%	0.1%	¥7.83M	42.5	292
60 Clasus	-	-	-	-	-	¥7.87M	39.4	614
Industry total / average	¥40.2T	−0.4%	¥3.5T	8.8%	100%	¥8.20M	42.0	117,855

Revenue and operating profit are from each company's latest full-year results. Green margins are at or above the industry margin. Financial institutions may not report operating profit.