Asana, Inc. is a manufacturer of meditation props. The company is about to begin budgeting for the upcoming year and has asked you to determine the actual direct labor wage rate for the prior period. You collected the following information related to the prior period:

total direct labor variance $500 F

budgeted direct labor hours 6,500

actual direct labor hours 7,000

Given direct laborers were paid $1.50, what was the prior periods actual direct labor wage rate?