Algorithm

Problem Name: 184. Department Highest Salary

Problem Link: https://leetcode.com/problems/department-highest-salary/
 
SQL Schema

Table: Employee

+--------------+---------+
| Column Name  | Type    |
+--------------+---------+
| id           | int     |
| name         | varchar |
| salary       | int     |
| departmentId | int     |
+--------------+---------+
id is the primary key column for this table.
departmentId is a foreign key of the ID from the Department table. Each row of this table indicates the ID, name, and salary of an employee. It also contains the ID of their department.

 

Table: Department

+-------------+---------+
| Column Name | Type    |
+-------------+---------+
| id          | int     |
| name        | varchar |
+-------------+---------+
id is the primary key column for this table.
Each row of this table indicates the ID of a department and its name.

 

Write an SQL query to find employees who have the highest salary in each of the departments.

Return the result table in any order.

The query result format is in the following example.

 

Example 1:

Input: 
Employee table:
+----+-------+--------+--------------+
| id | name  | salary | departmentId |
+----+-------+--------+--------------+
| 1  | Joe   | 70000  | 1            |
| 2  | Jim   | 90000  | 1            |
| 3  | Henry | 80000  | 2            |
| 4  | Sam   | 60000  | 2            |
| 5  | Max   | 90000  | 1            |
+----+-------+--------+--------------+
Department table:
+----+-------+
| id | name  |
+----+-------+
| 1  | IT    |
| 2  | Sales |
+----+-------+
Output: 
+------------+----------+--------+
| Department | Employee | Salary |
+------------+----------+--------+
| IT         | Jim      | 90000  |
| Sales      | Henry    | 80000  |
| IT         | Max      | 90000  |
+------------+----------+--------+
Explanation: Max and Jim both have the highest salary in the IT department and Henry has the highest salary in the Sales department.

Code Examples

#1 Code Example with SQL

Code - SQL


# Write your MySQL query statement below
SELECT d1.Name AS Department
    , e1.Name AS Employee
    , e1.Salary AS Salary
FROM (
    SELECT d.Id
        , MAX(d.Name) AS Name
        , MAX(e.Salary) AS Salary
    FROM Department d
    JOIN Employee e
    ON e.DepartmentId = d.Id
    GROUP BY d.Id
) d1
JOIN Employee e1
ON d1.Id = e1.DepartmentId AND e1.Salary = d1.Salary
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Input

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Employee table: +----+-------+--------+--------------+ | id | name | salary | departmentId | +----+-------+--------+--------------+ | 1 | Joe | 70000 | 1 | | 2 | Jim | 90000 | 1 | | 3 | Henry | 80000 | 2 | | 4 | Sam | 60000 | 2 | | 5 | Max | 90000 | 1 | +----+-------+--------+--------------+ Department table: +----+-------+ | id | name | +----+-------+ | 1 | IT | | 2 | Sales | +----+-------+

Output

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+------------+----------+--------+ | Department | Employee | Salary | +------------+----------+--------+ | IT | Jim | 90000 | | Sales | Henry | 80000 | | IT | Max | 90000 | +------------+----------+--------+
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