Labor Rate and Efficiency Variances

Tico Inc. produces plastic bottles. Each bottle has a standard labor requirement of 0.03 hours. During the month of April, 900,000 bottles were produced using 25,200 labor hours @ $15.00. The standard wage rate is $13.50 per hour.

Required:

Calculate the labor rate and efficiency variances using the columnar and formula approaches. Enter amounts as positive numbers and select Favorable or Unfavorable.

Labor rate variance	$
Labor efficiency variance	$

Labor Rate and Efficiency Variances

Tico Inc. produces plastic bottles. Each bottle has a standard labor requirement of 0.024 hour. During the month of April, 1,000,000 bottles were produced using 23,400 labor hours @ $16.00. The standard wage rate is $14.00 per hour.

Required:

Calculate the labor rate and efficiency variances using the columnar and formula approaches. Enter amounts as positive numbers and select Favorable or Unfavorable.

Labor rate variance	$
Labor efficiency variance	$