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Top pharmaceutical employers in Australia

Novartis leads Australian pharmaceutical with a Visibility score of 94.9 out of 100, level with Pfizer. GSK is third. The list covers the 45 pharmaceutical employers AI recommends to job seekers in Australia.

45 employers · scores out of 100 · Data updated:

  1. 1

    Novartis

    #1 in Australian pharmaceutical#1 for Clinical Research#1 for Commercial & Sales#1 for Research & Development

    Every AI recommends it for innovation, work-life balance and onboarding, among others. The pharmaceutical employer AI recommends most in Australia.

    94.9
  2. 1

    Pfizer

    #1 in Australian pharmaceutical#1 for Clinical Research#1 for Manufacturing & Quality#1 for Regulatory Affairs

    Every AI recommends it for innovation, work-life balance and onboarding, among others. The pharmaceutical employer AI recommends most in Australia.

    94.9
  3. 3

    GSK

    Top 3Every AI

    Every AI recommends it for leadership, the hiring process and culture, among others.

    71.8
  4. 4

    Sanofi

    Every AI

    Every AI recommends it for job security and pay.

    66.7
  5. 5

    Roche

    Every AI

    Every AI recommends it for career growth, interviews and job security, among others.

    64.1
  6. 6

    AstraZeneca

    Every AI

    Every AI recommends it for inclusion and pay.

    59.0
  7. 7

    Bayer

    Every AI

    Every AI recommends it for career growth and pay.

    53.8
  8. 8

    Merck

    Every AI

    AI recommends it most for innovation, work-life balance and pay, among others.

    35.9
  9. 9

    Johnson & Johnson

    Every AI

    AI recommends it most for onboarding, leadership and pay.

    30.8
  10. 9

    Merck & Co.

    Every AI

    AI recommends it most for inclusion, leadership and job security.

    30.8

Everyone else

11 to 20Seqirus, CSL Behring, resMed, IQVIA and 18 moreShow
  1. 11Seqirus28.2
  2. 12CSL Behring20.5
  3. 12resMed20.5
  4. 14IQVIA17.9
  5. 15Ramsay Health Care10.3
  6. 15Sandoz10.3
  7. 15Syneos Health10.3
  8. 18Parexel7.7
  9. 18Takeda7.7
  10. 20Amgen5.1
  11. 20Bristol Myers Squibb5.1
  12. 20Covance5.1
  13. 20Eli Lilly5.1
  14. 20Gilead Sciences5.1
  15. 20Janssen5.1
  16. 20Novo Nordisk5.1
  17. 20PPD5.1
  18. 20Patheon5.1
  19. 20Sigma5.1
  20. 20Sonic Healthcare5.1
  21. 20Teva5.1
  22. 20Thermo Fisher Scientific5.1
33AbbVie, Abbott, Aspen Pharmacare, Department Of Health and 9 moreShow
  1. 33AbbVie2.6
  2. 33Abbott2.6
  3. 33Aspen Pharmacare2.6
  4. 33Department Of Health2.6
  5. 33Eisai2.6
  6. 33Janssen-Cilag2.6
  7. 33Labcorp2.6
  8. 33Regeneron2.6
  9. 33SGS2.6
  10. 33Sun Pharmaceutical Industries2.6
  11. 33Telstra2.6
  12. 33WuXi AppTec2.6
  13. 33emergent BioSolutions2.6

Best for what candidates ask about

The Australian pharmaceutical employer AI recommends most when candidates ask about each topic.

By role

Who AI recommends to engineers is not who it recommends to salespeople. Each role has its own ranking.

About this ranking

This is the first measurement of this ranking, so there is no earlier order to compare it with yet.

What separates the top five from the rest is pay and interviews: AI recommends the leaders for these far more often than the employers below them. The gap is smallest on purpose, where the rest of the list keeps closer to the leaders.

Across the 23 countries the index covers for pharmaceutical, the leader here has the 11th highest score. Novartis also leads in Switzerland, Spain and Italy and elsewhere.

More than half of the 45 employers score 5.1 or less, while a place in the top ten takes a score of 30.8. The leader's 94.9 shows how far ahead the most recommended employers sit.

Most lists of the best pharmaceutical companies to work for come from employee surveys or awards. This one tracks what AI tells job seekers, because many candidates now ask AI where to work before they open a careers page.

Pharmaceutical rankings in other countries

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Questions about this ranking

What are the top pharmaceutical companies to work for in Australia?

Going by who AI recommends most to Australian job seekers right now: Novartis, Pfizer, GSK, Sanofi and Roche.

Which Australian pharmaceutical employers does AI recommend for innovation?

Novartis and Pfizer are both named by every AI when candidates ask about innovation.

Which Australian pharmaceutical employers does AI recommend for work-life balance?

Novartis and Pfizer are both named by every AI when candidates ask about work-life balance.

Which Australian pharmaceutical employers does AI recommend for onboarding?

Novartis and Pfizer are both named by every AI when candidates ask about onboarding.

How does the Employer Visibility Index work?

We ask AI assistants the questions job seekers ask about employers, by industry, country and role. We record which employers they recommend and turn that into a Visibility score out of 100.

How often are rankings updated?

Rankings refresh with each new round of AI answers. Each page shows the date its data was updated, and the arrows next to each score show how an employer has moved since the previous measurement.

Do I need to be a PerceptionX customer to appear in the index?

No. Any employer AI recommends often enough appears automatically. Customers get the full picture behind their Visibility score and well beyond it: how positively AI describes them (Sentiment), the themes it links them with, the sources it relies on, custom reports by country and role, and clear steps to improve how candidates see them.