Finding 3rd Highest Salary in SQL

Finding 3rd Highest Salary in SQL

This is the most common SQL Interview Question, how can you get the 3rd highest salary in SQL. In this article, we will walk through all the possible ways to get the third-highest salary in SQL.

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Below are some common Interview Questions and Answers based on the different ways of getting the 3rd highest salary in SQL:

We will use the below payroll table for all the SQL Query:

Q01. How can you get the 3rd highest salary in SQL?

There are different ways to get the 3rd highest salary in SQL. We will see all of them in this article one by one.

Q02. What are the different ways to get the Nth highest salary in SQL?

There are different ways to get the Nth highest salary in SQL like using subquery, derived table, common table expression, SQL OFFSET, and FETCH, IN operator, and EXCEPT operator.

Q03. How can you get the 3rd highest salary using subquery in SQL?

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Q04. How can you get the 3rd highest salary using a co-related subquery in SQL?

Please visit here for learning more about the co-related subquery.

Q05. How can you get the 3rd highest salary using Derived Table(DT) in SQL?

Please visit here for learning more about the derived table.

Q06. How can you get the 3rd highest salary using Common Table Expression (CTE) in SQL?

Please visit here for learning more about CTE.

Q07. How can you get the 3rd highest salary using SQL Pagination (OFFSET and FETCH) in SQL?

Please visit here for learning more about the subquery.

Q08. How can you get the 3rd highest salary using IN Operator in SQL?

Please visit here for learning more about the IN and NOT IN operators.

Q09. How can you get the 3rd highest salary using EXCEPT or MINUS Operator in SQL?

Please visit here for learning more about the EXCEPT or MINUS operators.

Q10. How can you get the 3rd highest salary using LINQ?

We can use both SQL-like queries and LINQ queries for getting the 3rd highest salary. In the LINQ query, we can use GroupBy, Skip and Take for achieving the desired result.

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