PostgreSQL Subquery: Find the name and salary, which is greater than the average salary of the employees
5. Write a SQL subquery to find the first_name, last_name and salary, which is greater than the average salary of the employees.
Sample Solution:
Code:
SELECT first_name, last_name, salary
FROM employees
WHERE salary > (
SELECT AVG(salary)
FROM employees);
Sample table: employees
Output:
pg_exercises=# SELECT first_name, last_name, salary pg_exercises-# FROM employees pg_exercises-# WHERE salary > ( pg_exercises(# SELECT AVG(salary) pg_exercises(# FROM employees); first_name | last_name | salary -------------+------------+---------- Alexander | Hunold | 9000.00 Den | Raphaely | 11000.00 Steven | King | 24000.00 Neena | Kochhar | 17000.00 Janette | King | 10000.00 Patrick | Sully | 9500.00 Allan | McEwen | 9000.00 Lindsey | Smith | 8000.00 Louise | Doran | 7500.00 Sarath | Sewall | 7000.00 Clara | Vishney | 10500.00 Mattea | Marvins | 7200.00 Payam | Kaufling | 7900.00 Shanta | Vollman | 6500.00 Ellen | Abel | 11000.00 Alyssa | Hutton | 8800.00 John | Russell | 14000.00 Karen | Partners | 13500.00 Alberto | Errazuriz | 12000.00 Gerald | Cambrault | 11000.00 Eleni | Zlotkey | 10500.00 ... | ... | ... Hermann | Baer | 10000.00 Shelley | Higgins | 12000.00 William | Gietz | 8300.00 (50 rows)
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