PostgreSQL Subquery: Find the 4th minimum salary of all the salaries

16. Write a subquery to find the 4th minimum salary of all the salaries.

Sample Solution:

Code:

SELECT DISTINCT salary 
FROM employees e1 
WHERE 4 = (SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT salary) 
FROM employees  e2 
WHERE e1.salary >= e2.salary);

Sample table: employees

Output:

pg_exercises=# SELECT DISTINCT salary
pg_exercises-# FROM employees e1
pg_exercises-# WHERE 4 = (SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT salary)
pg_exercises(# FROM employees  e2
pg_exercises(# WHERE e1.salary >= e2.salary);
 salary
---------
 2500.00
(1 row)

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