How to Find Employees Earning More Than Their Managers in SQL

Опубликовано: 11 Июль 2026
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"In this video, we'll tackle a common scenario in the workplace: identifying employees who earn more than their reporting managers. We'll start by creating a table with employee data, insert some sample records, and then write a SQL query to find those high-earning employees. This is a must-know SQL trick for anyone working with HR databases or performing salary comparisons. Perfect for beginners and intermediate SQL learners alike. Watch now to level up your SQL skills!"

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--Your HR team has to know who the employees who make more than their reporting managers do so that they can
properly raise their pay during the assessment cycle.
Could you check the table and create a SQL query for this please?

drop table Employees
-- Create the Employees table
CREATE TABLE Employees (
EmpID INT PRIMARY KEY,
EmpName VARCHAR(100),
ManagerID INT,
EmpSalary DECIMAL(10, 2)
);

-- Insert sample data
INSERT INTO Employees (EmpID, EmpName, ManagerID, EmpSalary) VALUES
--(1, 'Alice', 3, 70000), -- Employee earning more than their manager
--(2, 'Bob', 3, 60000),
--(3, 'Charlie', 5, 80000), -- Manager
--(4, 'David', 3, 65000),
--(5, 'Eve', NULL, 120000)
(6, 'Vijat', 3, 99000)-- CEO, has no manager

-- Query to find employees who earn more than their reporting managers
select * from Employees

select e.empid,e.empname,e.empsalary,m.empname as managername,m.empsalary as managersalary
from Employees e join
Employees m on e.managerid=m.empid
where e.empsalary(greaterthan)m.empsalary

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