I created this project to analyze employee and payroll data using MySQL. I joined employee demographic and salary data to study factors such as age, occupation, and salary. I focused on employees aged 40 and above and used SQL queries to analyze their workforce and salary information. I also created a payroll tier classification using salary ranges, dividing employees into Executive, Management, and Operational tiers. This project helped me practice SQL joins, filtering, conditional logic, and data analysis while understanding how employee data can be used to support workforce and payroll decisions.