CriteriaQuery<Object[]> criteria = builder.createQuery( Object[].class ); Root<Person> personRoot = criteria.from( Person.class ); Path<Long> idPath = personRoot.get( Person_.id ); Path<Integer> agePath = personRoot.get( Person_.age ); criteria.multiselect( idPath, agePath ); criteria.where( builder.equal( personRoot.get( Person_.eyeColor ), "brown" ) ); List<Object[]> valueArray = em.createQuery( criteria ).getResultList(); for ( Object[] values : valueArray ) { final Long id = (Long) values[0]; final Integer age = (Integer) values[1]; ... }