We want to make sure that our human capital investments remain competitive. On this note, my research showed that Chester made significant investments in its workforce, which helped to increase overall productivity by $3\mathrm{.}9\%.$ This had direct benefits to the company. For example, this means that direct labors costs would have been $3\mathrm{.}9\%$ higher if these investments were not made. l$\text{'}$d like to know how much Chester saved in direct labor costs last year $($in thousands$)?$ The Total Labor Cost is $$59,794\mathrm{.}46$