sort command help needed

I have a file with three fields of data for example say we have

1420    $12.56      45
3456    $15.89     14
2341    $25.87      32

I need to use a command to show who is getting paid the highest amount to standard output. I am not sure if I should use a sort command or a copy and paste command.

Thanks for the input.

I would think that this should do the trick:

sort -k 2r,2  input-file

The 'r' causes the sort to be reversed; largest to smallest. The -k n,n causes field n to be used as the primary sort key.