How to find max salary per department?

Short answer: How to find max salary per department? var maxSalaryPerDept = employees .GroupBy(e => e.Department) .Select(g => new { Department = g.Key, MaxSalary = g.Max(e => e.Salary) }); How to find max salary per department? var maxSalaryPerDept = employees .GroupBy(e => e.Department) .Select(g => new { Department = g.Key, MaxSalary = g.Max(e => e.Salary) }); How to… find max salary per department? var maxSalaryPerDept =…

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employees .GroupBy(e => e.Department) .Select(g => new { Department = g.Key, MaxSalary = g.Max(e => e.Salary) }); How to find max salary per department? var maxSalaryPerDept = employees .GroupBy(e => e.Department) .Select(g => new { Department = g.Key, MaxSalary = g.Max(e => e.Salary) });

Real-world example (ShopNest)

ShopNest uses LINQ to query orders: filter by date, project to a summary DTO, and order by total—readable C# that becomes SQL under EF Core.

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1. Define — one clear sentence (the short answer above).
2. Example — relate it to a project like ShopNest or your real work.
3. Trade-off — when you would not use it.