SQLite Exercise: Find the 5th maximum salary in the employees table

Write a query to find the 5th maximum salary in the employees table.

Sample table : employees

SQLite Code:

SELECT DISTINCT salary 
FROM employees e1 
WHERE 5 = (SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT salary) 
FROM employees  e2 
WHERE e1.salary <= e2.salary);

Output:

salary
----------
13000

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Structure of 'hr' database :

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