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Sum and Average Salary by Category
Hello! I am trying to create a visual that shows the average salary per each position type. My data set has each payment that was made over the year to each person. Is there a dax that will total the amount paid out and then average by position?
Hi avou26
If i understand you correctly
Sum of salary
Salary_by_category = sumx(values('yourtable'[earnings job description]), Sum([amount])
Average
AVG_by_category = Averagex(values('yourtable'[earnings job description]), average([amount])
if not
Please provide sample data that covers your issue or question completely, in a usable format (not as a screenshot).
https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Community-Blog/How-to-provide-sample-data-in-the-Power-BI-Forum/ba-...
Please show the expected outcome based on the sample data you provided.
https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Desktop/How-to-Get-Your-Question-Answered-Quickly/m-p/1447523If this post helps, then please consider Accepting it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly
Hi avou26 ,
Please try below steps:
1. below is my test table
Table:
2. create measure with below dax formula
Sum Amount Per Job = SUM('Table'[Amount])Average Per Job = VAR cur_job = SELECTEDVALUE ( 'Table'[Earnings Job Description] ) VAR tmp = FILTER ( ALL ( 'Table' ), [Earnings Job Description] = cur_job ) VAR a = SUMX ( tmp, [Amount] ) VAR b = COUNTROWS ( CALCULATETABLE ( VALUES ( 'Table'[Employee Number] ), tmp ) ) RETURN DIVIDE ( a, b )3. add a Clustered column chart with field and measure
Please refer the attached .pbix file.
Best regards,
Community Support Team_Binbin Yu
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.Hi avou26
To achieve a goal I used 2 measures.
for sum :
Sum_Salary = sum('Table'[Amount])for averageAverage+Per_employee = SUMX(values('Table'[Employee Number]),[Sum_Salary])/DISTINCTCOUNT('Table'[Employee Number])If this post helps, then please consider Accepting it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly
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Hi avou26 ,
Please try below steps:
1. below is my test table
Table:
2. create measure with below dax formula
Sum Amount Per Job = SUM('Table'[Amount])Average Per Job = VAR cur_job = SELECTEDVALUE ( 'Table'[Earnings Job Description] ) VAR tmp = FILTER ( ALL ( 'Table' ), [Earnings Job Description] = cur_job ) VAR a = SUMX ( tmp, [Amount] ) VAR b = COUNTROWS ( CALCULATETABLE ( VALUES ( 'Table'[Employee Number] ), tmp ) ) RETURN DIVIDE ( a, b )3. add a Clustered column chart with field and measure
Please refer the attached .pbix file.
Best regards,
Community Support Team_Binbin Yu
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.- Ritaf1983
Super User
Hi avou26
If i understand you correctly
Sum of salary
Salary_by_category = sumx(values('yourtable'[earnings job description]), Sum([amount])
Average
AVG_by_category = Averagex(values('yourtable'[earnings job description]), average([amount])
if not
Please provide sample data that covers your issue or question completely, in a usable format (not as a screenshot).
https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Community-Blog/How-to-provide-sample-data-in-the-Power-BI-Forum/ba-...
Please show the expected outcome based on the sample data you provided.
https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Desktop/How-to-Get-Your-Question-Answered-Quickly/m-p/1447523If this post helps, then please consider Accepting it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly
Sorry about that! Thank you for your response Ritaf1983 . Here is some sample data- i realize with my initial question that i didn't include that the employees have unique ID numbers. I would like to sum the amount per each job description category, and average it using the amount of employees(hopefully with the id number) to see what the average pay per each category is. At the end I hope to create a bar chart visual that shows the topN paying positions in the organization based on average pay. The issue i keep running into is it is only totalling all positions and averaging based on every line, not the unique employee number
Employee Number Amount Earnings Job Description 11183 1,761.20 ACCOUNT CLERK 11218 1,761.20 ACCOUNT CLERK 11218 1,761.20 ACCOUNT CLERK 11218 1,761.20 ACCOUNT CLERK 11183 1,749.25 ACCOUNT CLERK 11183 1,736.43 ACCOUNT CLERK 11561 1,717.10 ACCOUNT CLERK 11561 1,717.10 ACCOUNT CLERK 10738 2,941.96 AUDITOR 10738 2,922.61 AUDITOR 38388 2,904.00 AUDITOR 38388 2,904.00 AUDITOR 38388 2,904.00 AUDITOR 48980 214.90 CASEWORKER 48980 214.90 CASEWORKER 47590 214.90 CASEWORKER 47590 214.90 CASEWORKER 47590 214.90 CASEWORKER 47590 214.90 CASEWORKER 39041 214.88 CASEWORKER 46927 214.38 CASEWORKER 47079 214.38 CASEWORKER 46198 213.22 CASEWORKER 46927 213.22 CASEWORKER 38907 1,950.10 FISCAL OFFICER 49859 1,930.11 FISCAL OFFICER 49859 1,792.25 FISCAL OFFICER 10260 1,627.15 FISCAL OFFICER 10260 1,627.15 FISCAL OFFICER 49859 1,605.14 FISCAL OFFICER 10260 1,603.91 FISCAL OFFICER - Ritaf1983
Hi avou26
To achieve a goal I used 2 measures.
for sum :
Sum_Salary = sum('Table'[Amount])for averageAverage+Per_employee = SUMX(values('Table'[Employee Number]),[Sum_Salary])/DISTINCTCOUNT('Table'[Employee Number])If this post helps, then please consider Accepting it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly
