Scenario SQL Question

Average Salary by Department

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Problem Statement

For each department that has at least one employee, return the department_name and the average salary as avg_salary (rounded to 2 decimals). Sort by avg_salary descending.

Relevant Tables

departmentsemployees

SQL Concepts Used in This Scenario

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COUNT, SUM, AVG, MIN, MAXAggregate Functions & Grouping
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