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Third Highest Salary Window Function

MediumSQL · PostgreSQL

Problem

Sql Snowflake Pyspark Zero copy cloning in snowflake Third highest salary sql question using window function

Write a SQL query to return the third highest distinct salary from the employee salary data. If fewer than three distinct salaries exist, return no row.

Output

  1. One row at most
  2. Column: third_highest_salary
  3. Include only the third highest distinct salary value, not employee details
  4. If there are ties at the third rank, return that salary once

Schema

employees
ColumnTypeDescription
employee_idPKINTUnique employee identifier
employee_nameVARCHAR(100)Employee name
departmentVARCHAR(100)Employee department
salaryNUMERIC(12,2)Employee salary
Tablesemployees
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