select ranking.id, ranking.company, ranking.salary,ranking.rank,cnt
FROM (
SELECT e1.id,e1.company,e1.salary,count(*) rank
FROM [employee569] e1,
(select distinct company, salary from [employee569]) e2
where e1.company = e2.company and e1.salary >= e2.salary
group by e1.id,e1.company,e1.salary
) ranking
inner join
(
SELECT company,count(id) cnt FROM [employee569] group by company
) companycount
on companycount.company = ranking.company
where (cnt%2=0 and (rank=(cnt/2)-1 or rank=(cnt/2)+1))
or (cnt%2<>0 and rank=(cnt/2)+1);