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Median of a column.
Tested, not guessed.

The Excel and Google Sheets formula and the SQL query, each run on the rows below. Open this with your own data ↗

The example rows

Row	A: Region	B: Rep	C: Amount	D: Order Date	E: Status	F: Customer
2	North	Ana	1,200	2026-03-01	Paid	Jo Smith
3	South	Ben	450	2026-03-15	Open	Raj Patel
4	North	Cy	300	2026-04-02	Paid	Lee Wong
5	East	Ana	980.50	2026-04-20	Paid	Mia Ross
6	North	Ben	75	2026-05-05	Open	Jo Smith
7	West	Dee	1,640	2026-05-18	Paid	Sam Okoro

The formula

Excel

=MEDIAN(C2:C7)

MEDIAN(the Amount column (C2:C7)) — which finds the middle value.

Run on the example rows:

Result715.25

The SQL

PostgreSQL

SELECT AVG(amount) AS median_value
FROM (
  SELECT amount, ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY amount) AS rn, COUNT(*) OVER () AS total
  FROM sales
) t
WHERE rn IN ((total + 1) / 2, (total + 2) / 2)

Run on the example rows:

median_value
715.25

Other databases

SQLite

SELECT AVG(amount) AS median_value
FROM (
  SELECT amount, ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY amount) AS rn, COUNT(*) OVER () AS total
  FROM sales
) t
WHERE rn IN ((total + 1) / 2, (total + 2) / 2)

Snowflake

SELECT MEDIAN(amount) AS median_value
FROM sales

Your own data

Paste your rows into the free tool and it writes this for your columns, then runs it on your data before you copy it. Open the tool ↗

Median of a column. Tested, not guessed.

The example rows

The formula

The SQL

Your own data

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Median of a column.
Tested, not guessed.