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Bez CTE możesz:

Select Z.Department, Z.AvgWage
From  (
        Select Department, Avg(Wage) AvgWage
        From Employees
        Group By Department
        ) As Z
Where AvgWage = (
                Select Max(Z1.AvgWage)
                From    (
                        Select Department, Avg(Wage) AvgWage
                        From Employees
                        Group By Department
                        )  Z1
                )

Dzięki CTE możesz:

With AvgWages As
    (
    Select Department
        , Avg(Wage) AvgWage
        , Rank() Over( Order By Avg(Wage) Desc ) WageRank
    From Employees
    Group By Department
    )
Select Department, AvgWage, WageRank
From AvgWages
Where WageRank = 1