Orders of magnitude (currency) 

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This page is a progressive and labeled list of the SI currency orders of magnitude, with certain examples appended to some list objects.

Orders of magnitude
(money expressed in United States dollars)
Factor ($) Long scale Short scale Money Item
10−3 one mill $0.001 smallest unit of currency, used in pricing gasoline and computing taxes
10−2 one cent $0.01 used chiefly for making change
10−1 ten cents $0.10 highest common price per page for self-service monochrome photocopying
100 one dollar $1 double cheeseburger at McDonald's
$4 typical drink of gourmet coffee
101 ten dollars $10 wristwatch with quartz circuit, 20 lb. sack of rice
102 one hundred dollars $100 VCR, microwave, or pair of shoes
$400 approximate annual GDP per capita (PPP) for East Timor (2004, CIA World Factbook)
103 one thousand dollars $1,000 used car (15 years old, runs)
$1,000 midrange personal computer
$1,000 approximate GDP per capita (PPP) for Nigeria (2004)
$8,800 approximate world GDP per capita (PPP) (2004)
104 ten thousand dollars $10,000 cheap new car
$10,000 approximate GDP per capita (PPP) for Russia (2004)
$20,000 (Israel, Greece)–$40,000 (Jersey, Norway, United States) - approximate GDP per capita (PPP) in most first world nations (2004)
$30,000 cost of an Engineering degree from an average university
$35,060 annual income (GNI) per capita (PPP) for citizens of the United States, as of 2002
$48,000 annual salary British firefighters asked for in the UK Firefighter dispute 2002/2003
105 one hundred thousand dollars $100,000 - $999,999 In the United States, a "six figure salary" is sometimes seen as a milestone of significant wealth, and indicator of social class.
$100,000 small house far from cities
$100,000 cost of a Law degree from a prestigious university
$101,000 median value of a home in the U.S. in 1990
$120,000 median value of a home in the U.S. in 2000
$120,000 reward offered for capture of Ukrainian killer Nikolai Soltys
$200,000 amount donated by Australia to Ethiopia towards drought relief in 2003
$750,000 amount of money found on Saddam Hussein when captured
106 one million dollars $1,000,000 huge house in suburbs, nice condo downtown in large city
107 ten million dollars $10,000,000 a small hospital
108 one hundred million dollars $100,000,000 large city office building
$264,000,000 estimated price of an Airbus A380 airplane
109 one milliard dollars one billion dollars $2.5×109 estimated cost of a B-2 Spirit stealth bomber
1010 ten milliard dollars ten billion dollars $15.83×109 Gross Domestic Product of Iceland
$62×109 fortune of Warren Buffett, world's richest man, as of 2008 [1]
1011 one hundred milliard dollars one hundred billion dollars $100×109 budget for reconstruction of Iraq
$236×109 Gross Domestic Product of Greece (CIA World Factbook)
$276×109 F-35 Joint Strike Fighter programme, USA and others
$420×109 approximate United States budget deficit
1012 one billion dollars one trillion dollars $2.5×1012 approximate United States annual federal budget as of 2005
$9.06×1012 United States national debt as of October 2007 [2]
1013 ten billion dollars ten trillion dollars $12.39×1012 United States GDP (PPP) as of 2005 [3]
$55×1012 global GDP (PPP)

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