Annual earnings of emergency management specialists, November 2004 Percentile Annual earnings 10th $24,630 25th $33,390 50th (median) $45,670 75th $62,370 90th $81,860 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.