Information regarding Maxwell's direct labor cost for the month of January follows: Direct labor hourly rate paid Total standard direct labor hours for units produced this period Direct labor hours actually worked Direct labor rate variance Required: $ 30.30 12,800 12,600 $ 17,800 favorable. 1. Compute the standard direct labor wage rate per hour in January. (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) 2. Compute the direct labor efficiency variance for January. Was this variance favorable or unfavorable? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to the nearest whole dollar amount.) 1. Standard direct labor rate per hour 2. Direct labor efficiency variance

In layman's terms, variance analysis is an analysis of a difference between planned and actual behavior. Variance analysis is mainly used by the companies to maintain a control over a business. After analyzing differences, companies find the reasons for …

The standard cost system is the expected cost per unit product manufactured and it helps in estimating the deviations and controlling them as well as fixing the selling price of the product. For example, it helps to plan the cost for the coming year on t…