Annual earnings of court reporters and captioners, November 2004 Percentile Annual earnings 10th $23,730 25th $31,540 50th (median) $42,720 75th $58,910 90th $78,840 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.