Top two salary levels per department

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Microsoft's compensation team reviews the top earners in each department. If two people share a salary, both should be included.

For each dept_id, list everyone paid at the two highest salary levels in that department (ties included).

Expected output

  • Any row order

Example of the shape (made-up values):

dept_id emp_id salary
3 15 262000

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