Total Labor Variance, Labor Rate, and Efficiency
Botella, Inc. produces plastic bottles. Each bottle has a standard labor requirement of 0.025 hours. During the month of April, 500,000 bottles were produced using 14,000 labor hours @ $9.00. The standard wage rate is $8.50 per hour.
Determine the total variance for production labor for the month of April and determine the labor rate and efficiency variances using the columnar and formula approaches.