query to select the 5th largest salary from the employee table code example

Example 1: n highest salary in sql

SELECT TOP 1 salary
FROM (
SELECT DISTINCT TOP N salary
FROM #Employee
ORDER BY salary DESC
) AS temp
ORDER BY salary

Example 2: 3rd height salary sql

SELECT MIN(EmpSalary) from ( 
	SELECT EmpSalary from Employee ORDER BY EmpSalary DESC LIMIT 3 
);