IntermediateGROUP BY & Aggregation
Percentile: find median salary
The query
SQL
SELECT
dept_id,
PERCENTILE_CONT(0.5) WITHIN GROUP (ORDER BY salary) AS median_salary,
PERCENTILE_CONT(0.25) WITHIN GROUP (ORDER BY salary) AS p25_salary,
PERCENTILE_CONT(0.75) WITHIN GROUP (ORDER BY salary) AS p75_salary
FROM employees
GROUP BY dept_id
ORDER BY dept_id;Note
“PERCENTILE_CONT for continuous (interpolated) median. PERCENTILE_DISC for actual data value.