SQL Table Query Challenges | Dataford Interview Questions

Payactiv needs a salary analysis for its active workforce. Write a PostgreSQL query that identifies employees with the second highest distinct current annual salary.

Requirements

Consider only employees whose employment_status is Active.
Consider only current compensation records with a non-null annual_salary.
Return every employee tied at the second highest distinct salary.
Include the employee ID, employee name, salary, and salary rank, ordered by employee ID.

Schema

employees

Column	Type	Description
employee_idPK	INT	Unique employee identifier
full_name	VARCHAR(100)	Employee's full name
department	VARCHAR(50)	Payactiv department
employment_status	VARCHAR(20)	Current employment status

employee_compensation

Column	Type	Description
compensation_idPK	INT	Unique compensation record identifier
employee_id	INT	Employee associated with the compensation record
annual_salary	NUMERIC(12,2)	Annual salary amount
is_current	BOOLEAN	Whether the compensation record is current

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