Salary gap to department top
For each employee with a recorded salary, return `name`, `salary`, and `gap_to_top`: how far their salary sits below the highest in their own department. Order by name.
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query.sql
Expected, in this order
| name | salary | gap_to_top |
|---|---|---|
| Ada | 180000 | 0 |
| Grace | 165000 | 15000 |
| Jean | 150000 | 0 |
| Kay | 120000 | 0 |
| Linus | 140000 | 40000 |
| Mel | 120000 | 0 |
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