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Summarise salaries by department

Headcount, average and highest salary for one department.

IntermediateHRAbout 7 minutes

Sample data

RowABCDE
1NameDepartmentSalaryStart dateRating
2Amira HassanFinance92002019-03-044
3Ben CarterSales78002021-07-193
4Chen WeiSales81002020-01-135
5Dina AliHR72002022-09-014
6Emil NovakOperations69002018-11-262
7Farah KhanFinance104002016-05-095
8Gabriel SilvaOperations65002023-02-143
Team list (fictional) Row 1 holds the headings. All data is fictional. Dates are year-month-day.

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  1. Headcount in Sales.

    Result2

  2. Average salary in Sales.

    Result7950

  3. Total salary bill for Finance.

    Result19600

  4. Highest salary in Finance.

    Result10400

  5. The middle salary for the whole team.

    Result7800

  6. How many people have a rating of 4 or more and pay above 9000?

    Result2

What to remember

Summaries by group are the heart of reporting. Keep the department name in a cell and refer to it, so one formula works for every team.

Formulas used

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