Highlight closest cell value in a table - excel

Question

I have a salary data table called SalaryDataTbl and to the right of it a selector where you can choose an employee in cell K2. L2 looks up their discipline and M2 looks up their salary.
Is there a way I can highlight the closest salary for their discipline in the SalaryDataTbl using an in cell function or data validation? Or is this going to require a VBA solution?
In the example in the image, for the salary of 3750 and discipline programming it should highlight cell G2.
EDIT New Sample Data exhibiting bug when salary is 65000 and using formula =AND(ABS(D2-$M$2)=MIN(ABS(DROP(D:I, 1)-$M$2)), $A2=$L$2)
Discipline
Level
Role
Min
Lower
Low-Mid
Mid-High
Higher
Max
Programming
Junior
Programmer
1,000
2,000
3,000
4,000
5,000
6,000
Programming
Mid-Level
Programmer
7,000
8,000
9,000
10,000
11,000
12,000
Programming
Senior
Programmer
40,000
44,500
49,000
50,000
57,500
75,000
Programming
Principal
Programmer
60,000
67,500
75,000
76,000
83,000
90,000
Programming
Director
Programmer
95,000
96,000
100,000
120,000
180,000
200,000
Design
Junior
Game Designer
24,000
25,000
26,500
27,000
28,000
29,500
Design
Mid-Level
Game Designer
30,000
32,500
34,500
35,000
37,000
41,000
Design
Senior
Game Designer
40,000
42,500
45,000
46,000
53,000
60,000
Design
Principal
Game Designer
55,000
57,500
60,000
61,000
65,000
70,000
Design
Director
Game Designer
60,000
65,000
70,000
71,000
80,500
90,000

Answer 1

Highlighting cells based on other cells' values is going to use Conditional formatting.
For this answer you'll need Excel 2021 or Excel for Office 365.
Select the range D2:I18, click 'Conditional Formatting' > 'New Rule' in home tab and change the setting to 'Use a formula to determine which cells to format'.
The formula you need to use will be
=AND(ABS(D2-$M$2)=MIN(ABS(DROP($D:$I, 1)-$M$2)), $A2=$L$2)
You can then use the formatting settings to select whatever format you need to 'Highlight' relevant cells, e.g. change the fill to yellow.