Query departments and top earners

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Query departments and top earners

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This question evaluates proficiency in relational data manipulation, including multi-table joins, grouping and aggregation to identify departments with multiple employees and top earners, tie-aware per-group selection, and filtering joined contact data.

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Query departments and top earners