dBm to Watt Conversion Chart dBm = log10 (mW)*10 mW =10^(dBm/10 40 dBm 10.00 watts 36 dBm 4.00 watts < Maximum ERP allowed by FCC in U.S. 30 dBm 1.00 watts 27 dBm 500 milliwatts 26 dBm 400 milliwatts 25 dBm 320 milliwatts 24 dBm 250 milliwatts 23 dBm 200 milliwatts 22 dBm 160 milliwatts 21 dBm 130 milliwatts 20 dBm 100 milliwatts < Maximum ERP allowed by E.T.S.I. In Europe 15 dBm 32 milliwatts 10 dBm 10 milliwatts 5 dBm 3.2 milliwatts 4 dBm 2.5 milliwatts 3 dBm 2.0 milliwatts 2 dBm 1.6 milliwatts 1 dBm 1.3 milliwatts 0 dBm 1.0 milliwatts 1- dBm 0.79 milliwatts 5- dBm 0.32 milliwatts 10- dBm 0.1 milliwatts 20- dBm 0.01 milliwatts 30- dBm 0.001 milliwatts 40- dBm 0.0001 milliwatts 50- dBm 0.00001 milliwatts 60- dBm 0.000001 milliwatts 70- dBm 0.0000001 milliwatts 80- dBm 0.00000001 milliwatts < Receive threshold for most WLAN devices