*1 Market data sourced from the 2024 Salary Budget Planning Survey conducted by Willis Towers Watson.
*2 The retention rate of global R&D employees within three years of employment is defined as: Number of R&D personnel who have worked for two years or more at the end of 2023 and are still employed at the end of 2024 / Number of R&D personnel who have worked for two years or more at the end of 2023.