with tb as(select e.emp_no, s.salary, e.last_name, e.first_name from employees e left join salaries s on e.emp_no=s.emp_no) select emp_no, salary, last_name,first_name from tb where salary in (select max(a.salary) as salary from (select emp_no, salary from tb where salary not in (select max(salary) from tb) ) a)