Terry Sherman’s next step in determining Colonial Pewter’s variances for June was to compute the direct labor variances for the month. Recall from Exhibit 10-2 that the standard direct labor cost per unit of product is $35. Computed as follows: 2.5 hours per unit *$14.00 per hour = $35 per unit
During June, the company paid its direct labor workers $74,20. Including employment taxes and fringe benefits, for 5,400 hours of work. This was an average of $13.75 per hours. Using these data and the standard costs from Exhibit 10-2, Terry computed the direct labor rate and efficiency variances that appear in Exhibit 10-6.
Notice that the column heading in Exhibit 10-6 are the same as those used in the prior two exhibits, except that in Exhibit 10-6 the terms hours and rate are used in place of the terms quantity and price.