--- slug: /en/sql-reference/aggregate-functions/reference/median sidebar_position: 212 --- # median The `median*` functions are the aliases for the corresponding `quantile*` functions. They calculate median of a numeric data sample. Functions: - `median` — Alias for [quantile](../../../sql-reference/aggregate-functions/reference/quantile.md#quantile). - `medianDeterministic` — Alias for [quantileDeterministic](../../../sql-reference/aggregate-functions/reference/quantiledeterministic.md#quantiledeterministic). - `medianExact` — Alias for [quantileExact](../../../sql-reference/aggregate-functions/reference/quantileexact.md#quantileexact). - `medianExactWeighted` — Alias for [quantileExactWeighted](../../../sql-reference/aggregate-functions/reference/quantileexactweighted.md#quantileexactweighted). - `medianTiming` — Alias for [quantileTiming](../../../sql-reference/aggregate-functions/reference/quantiletiming.md#quantiletiming). - `medianTimingWeighted` — Alias for [quantileTimingWeighted](../../../sql-reference/aggregate-functions/reference/quantiletimingweighted.md#quantiletimingweighted). - `medianTDigest` — Alias for [quantileTDigest](../../../sql-reference/aggregate-functions/reference/quantiletdigest.md#quantiletdigest). - `medianTDigestWeighted` — Alias for [quantileTDigestWeighted](../../../sql-reference/aggregate-functions/reference/quantiletdigestweighted.md#quantiletdigestweighted). - `medianBFloat16` — Alias for [quantileBFloat16](../../../sql-reference/aggregate-functions/reference/quantilebfloat16.md#quantilebfloat16). - `medianDD` — Alias for [quantileDD](../../../sql-reference/aggregate-functions/reference/quantileddsketch.md#quantileddsketch). **Example** Input table: ``` text ┌─val─┐ │ 1 │ │ 1 │ │ 2 │ │ 3 │ └─────┘ ``` Query: ``` sql SELECT medianDeterministic(val, 1) FROM t; ``` Result: ``` text ┌─medianDeterministic(val, 1)─┐ │ 1.5 │ └─────────────────────────────┘ ```