How to find third or nᵗʰ maximum salary from salary table?

Question

How to find third or n^th maximum salary from salary table(EmpID, EmpName, EmpSalary) in optimized way?

Answer 1

SELECT Salary,EmpName
FROM
(
SELECT Salary,EmpName,DENSE_RANK() OVER(ORDER BY Salary DESC) Rno from EMPLOYEE
) tbl
WHERE Rno=3