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## `SUM` [esql-sum]
**Syntax**
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**Parameters**
true
**Description**
The sum of a numeric expression.
**Supported types**
| number | result |
| --- | --- |
| double | double |
| integer | long |
| long | long |
**Examples**
```esql
FROM employees
| STATS SUM(languages)
```
| SUM(languages):long |
| --- |
| 281 |
The expression can use inline functions. For example, to calculate the sum of each employees maximum salary changes, apply the `MV_MAX` function to each row and then sum the results
```esql
FROM employees
| STATS total_salary_changes = SUM(MV_MAX(salary_change))
```
| total_salary_changes:double |
| --- |
| 446.75 |