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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.
| 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[update] |
| $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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