Heavy Products, Inc. developed standard costs for direct material and direct labor. In 2017, AII estimated the following standard costs for one of their major products, the 10-gallon plastic container.

Budgeted quantity Budgeted price

Direct materials 0.30 pounds $90 per pound

Direct labor 0.25 hours $30 per hour

During June, Heavy Products produced and sold 15,000 containers using 2,400 pounds of direct materials at an average cost per pound of $92 and 3,750 direct manufacturing labor-hours at an average wage of $91.25 per hour.

The direct manufacturing labor efficiency variance during June is ________.

Group of answer choices

$918,750 unfavorable

$229,687.5 favorable

$0

$85,547 unfavorable