SQL query to find Nth highest salary

Question

I am referring to following query to find Nth highest salary of a employee.

select sal from emp t where &n = (select count(sal) from (select distinct sal         


        

Answer 1

select sal 
from (
  select sal, 
         dense_rank() over (order by sal desc) as rnk
) t
where rnk = 5;

Replace where rnk = 5 with whatever "nth" you want.