LaToya Creations employs a normal costing system. The following information pertains to the year just ended.

Total manufacturing costs were $$1,370,000.$

Cost of goods manufactured was $$1,338,500.$

Applied manufacturing overhead was $20$ percent of total manufacturing costs.

Manufacturing overhead was applied to production at a rate of $80$ percent of direct$-$labor cost.

Work$-$in$-$process inventory on January $1$ was $75$ percent of work$-$in$-$process inventory on December $31.$

Required:

Compute the following to support the preparation of financial statements.

$1.$ Compute the total direct$-$labor cost for the year.