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SQLite Exercise: Get the average salary for each job ID excluding programmer

Write a query to get the average salary for each job ID excluding programmer.

Sample table : employees

+-------------+-------------+-------------+----------+--------------------+------------+------------+----------+----------------+------------+---------------+
| EMPLOYEE_ID | FIRST_NAME  | LAST_NAME   | EMAIL    | PHONE_NUMBER       | HIRE_DATE  | JOB_ID     | SALARY   | COMMISSION_PCT | MANAGER_ID | DEPARTMENT_ID |
+-------------+-------------+-------------+----------+--------------------+------------+------------+----------+----------------+------------+---------------+
|         100 | Steven      | King        | SKING    | 515.123.4567       | 1987-06-17 | AD_PRES    | 24000.00 |           0.00 |          0 | 		  90 |
|         101 | Neena       | Kochhar     | NKOCHHAR | 515.123.4568       | 1987-06-18 | AD_VP      | 17000.00 |           0.00 |        100 |            90 |
|         102 | Lex         | De Haan     | LDEHAAN  | 515.123.4569       | 1987-06-19 | AD_VP      | 17000.00 |           0.00 |        100 |            90 |
|         103 | Alexander   | Hunold      | AHUNOLD  | 590.423.4567       | 1987-06-20 | IT_PROG    |  9000.00 |           0.00 |        102 |            60 |
|         104 | Bruce       | Ernst       | BERNST   | 590.423.4568       | 1987-06-21 | IT_PROG    |  6000.00 |           0.00 |        103 |            60 |
|         105 | David       | Austin      | DAUSTIN  | 590.423.4569       | 1987-06-22 | IT_PROG    |  4800.00 |           0.00 |        103 |            60 |
|         106 | Valli       | Pataballa   | VPATABAL | 590.423.4560       | 1987-06-23 | IT_PROG    |  4800.00 |           0.00 |        103 |            60 |
|         107 | Diana       | Lorentz     | DLORENTZ | 590.423.5567       | 1987-06-24 | IT_PROG    |  4200.00 |           0.00 |        103 |            60 |
|         108 | Nancy       | Greenberg   | NGREENBE | 515.124.4569       | 1987-06-25 | FI_MGR     | 12000.00 |           0.00 |        101 |           100 |
|         109 | Daniel      | Faviet      | DFAVIET  | 515.124.4169       | 1987-06-26 | FI_ACCOUNT |  9000.00 |           0.00 |        108 |           100 |
...........
|         206 | William     | Gietz       | WGIETZ   | 515.123.8181       | 1987-10-01 | AC_ACCOUNT |  8300.00 |           0.00 |        205 |           110 |
+-------------+-------------+-------------+----------+--------------------+------------+------------+----------+----------------+------------+---------------+

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SQLite Code:

-- Selecting the "job_id" and the average salary for each job, excluding 'IT_PROG'
SELECT job_id, AVG(salary) 
-- Specifying the table from which to retrieve the data, in this case, "employees"
FROM employees 
-- Filtering the results to include only rows where the job_id is not 'IT_PROG'
WHERE job_id <> 'IT_PROG' 
-- Grouping the results by the "job_id" column
GROUP BY job_id;

Output:

job_id      AVG(salary)
----------  -----------
AC_ACCOUNT  8300.0
AC_MGR      12000.0
AD_ASST     4400.0
AD_PRES     24000.0
AD_VP       17000.0
FI_ACCOUNT  7920.0
FI_MGR      12000.0
HR_REP      6500.0
MK_MAN      13000.0
MK_REP      6000.0
PR_REP      10000.0
PU_CLERK    2780.0
PU_MAN      11000.0
SA_MAN      12200.0
SA_REP      8350.0
SH_CLERK    3215.0
ST_CLERK    2785.0
ST_MAN      7280.0

Explanation:

The above SQLite query retrieves the "job_id" and the average salary for each job from the "employees" table, excluding those with the job ID 'IT_PROG'. The results are grouped by the "job_id" column, and the average salary is calculated for each unique job.

Here's a brief explanation of each part of SQLite code:

  • SELECT clause:
    • It selects the "job_id" and the average salary for each job.
  • FROM clause:
    • Specifies the table from which to retrieve the data, in this case, the "employees" table.
  • WHERE clause:
    • Filters the results to include only rows where the "job_id" is not equal to 'IT_PROG'. This means that employees with the job ID 'IT_PROG' are excluded from the calculation.
  • GROUP BY clause:
    • Groups the results by the "job_id" column. This means that the average salary is calculated separately for each unique job.

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Model Database

Employee Model  Database - w3resource online SQLite practice

Structure of 'hr' database :

hr database


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