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avg(...)

avg(...)

Returns the average of a given set of numbers

Works with the following datatypes:

This function works with 2.0 and 2.1 endpoint(s). What does this mean? »

The avg(...) function is most commonly used in $select aggregations to return the average of a set of numeric values (Numbers). For example, to fetch the average salary of all of the employees at the City of Chicago:

https://data.cityofchicago.org/resource/tt4n-kn4t.json?$select=avg(annual_salary)

It can also be used in $group aggregations, like this one to get the average salary by job type:

https://data.cityofchicago.org/resource/tt4n-kn4t.json?$select=job_titles,avg(annual_salary)&$group=job_titles