Annual earnings of meeting and convention planners, May 2004 Percentile Annual earnings 10th $24,660 25th $31,180 50th (median) $39,620 75th $50,790 90th $65,060 Percentile wage estimates show the percentage of workers in an occupation that earn less than a given wage and the percentage that earn more. The median wage is the 50th percentile wage estimate -- 50 percent of workers earn less than the median and 50 percent of workers earn more than the median.