IntermediateWindow Functions
NTILE: quartile bucketing of salaries
The query
SQL
SELECT
first_name,
last_name,
salary,
NTILE(4) OVER (ORDER BY salary) AS quartile,
CASE NTILE(4) OVER (ORDER BY salary)
WHEN 1 THEN 'Q1 - Bottom 25%'
WHEN 2 THEN 'Q2 - 25-50%'
WHEN 3 THEN 'Q3 - 50-75%'
WHEN 4 THEN 'Q4 - Top 25%'
END AS quartile_label
FROM employees
ORDER BY salary;Note
“NTILE(n) divides rows into n equal buckets. Use for percentile bands, decile analysis.