SQL subqueries on employee Database: List the employees whose salary is more than the total remuneration of the SALESMAN

SQL subqueries on employee Database: Exercise-13 with Solution

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13. From the following table, write a SQL query to find those employees whose salary is more than the total remuneration (salary + commission) of the designation SALESMAN. Return complete information about the employees.

Sample table: employees

Sample Solution:

SELECT *
FROM employees
WHERE salary >
    (SELECT max(salary+commission)
     FROM employees
     WHERE job_name = 'SALESMAN');

Sample Output:

 emp_id | emp_name | job_name  | manager_id | hire_date  | salary  | commission | dep_id
--------+----------+-----------+------------+------------+---------+------------+--------
  68319 | KAYLING  | PRESIDENT |            | 1991-11-18 | 6000.00 |            |   1001
  65646 | JONAS    | MANAGER   |      68319 | 1991-04-02 | 2957.00 |            |   2001
  67858 | SCARLET  | ANALYST   |      65646 | 1997-04-19 | 3100.00 |            |   2001
  69062 | FRANK    | ANALYST   |      65646 | 1991-12-03 | 3100.00 |            |   2001
(4 rows)

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Structure of employee Database:

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