How to get employee with maximum salary in a department?

Short answer: How to get employee with maximum salary in a department? var maxSalaryInIT = employees .Where(e => e.Department == "IT") Follow : .OrderByDescending(e => e.Salary) .FirstOrDefault(); Console.WriteLine($"{maxSalaryInIT?.Name} has the highest salary in IT"); How to get employee with maximum salary in a department?

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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