SQLite Exercise: Find the names, the salary of the employees who earn more than the average salary and who works in any of the IT departments

Write a query to find the names (first_name, last_name), the salary of the employees who earn more than the average salary and who works in any of the IT departments.

Sample table : employees

Sample table : departments

SQLite Code:

SELECT first_name,last_name,salary 
FROM employees
WHERE department_id IN 
( SELECT department_id
      FROM departments
      WHERE depart_name LIKE 'IT%' )
AND salary >
(SELECT avg(salary)
   FROM employees );

Output:

first_name  last_name   salary
----------  ----------  ----------
Alexander   Hunold      9000

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Model Database

Structure of 'hr' database :

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