Hourly earnings of animal trainers, May 2005 Percentile Annual earnings 10th $7.37 25th $8.70 50th (median) $11.92 75th $16.76 90th $22.07 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.