En Dash in Monetary Range

[PunctuationCrazed]

The Chicago Manual of Style lists "$3–$5 million" for a range.

If we go a step further, would the following work?

a $3–$5 million a year contract
a $50–$100 million per year industry

I don't think "million" needs to be used twice in these phrases, e.g., a $3 million –$5 million a year contract, because I don't think anybody in this world would interpret $3 to mean "three dollars" in the first example, or $50 to mean "fifty dollars" in the second example. Agreed?

So are my two original examples above punctuated correctly?

Thank you.

 

[teechar]

Hello PunctuationCrazed, and welcome to the forum.
Agreed!

 

[PunctuationCrazed]

Hello PunctuationCrazed, and welcome to the forum.
Agreed!

Thank you! I didn't mean to put a space before n-dash in one of those examples.

 

[PunctuationCrazed]

Would a hyphen work better than an end dash? Your thoughts....your preference here.

a $3-$5 million a year contract
a $50-$100 million per year industry

Thanks again.