mysql second highest salary code example

Example 1: 2nd highest salary in mysql

#2nd Most highest salary using Limit & Order By
SELECT Salary FROM (SELECT Salary FROM Employee ORDER BY salary DESC LIMIT 2) AS Emp ORDER BY salary LIMIT 1;

Example 2: sql select second max

Both options you find max as a subset and then exclude from main select
sql> SELECT MAX( col ) FROM table
 	WHERE col < ( SELECT MAX( col ) FROM table);
sql> SELECT MAX(col) FROM table 
WHERE col NOT IN (SELECT MAX(col) FROM table);

Example 3: how to find 2nd highest salary in mysql

#2nd Most highest salary using Group By, Order By & Limit clause
SELECT sal FROM emp GROUP BY sal ORDER BY sal DESC LIMIT 1, 1;

Example 4: how to find 2nd highest salary in mysql

#2nd Most highest salary using dense_rank()
SELECT sal 
FROM (SELECT dense_rank() over(ORDER BY sal DESC) AS R, sal FROM emp) employee 
WHERE R = 2;

Example 5: 2nd highest salary in mysql

#Corelated Subquery
SELECT Id, Salary
FROM Employee e
WHERE 2=(SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT Salary) FROM Employee p
WHERE e.Salary<=p.Salary)