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Chilton allocates variable manufacturing overhead costs on the basis of machine hours. Chilton budgeted .5 machine hours per lamp and allocates overhead at a rate of $1.80 per machine hour. Last year Chilton manufactured 23,000 lamps, used 13,800 machine hours and incurred actual overhead costs of $15,180.
The standard cost per labor hour is $20, so the calculation of its labor efficiency variance is: (750 Actual hours - 500 Standard hours) x $20 Standard rate = $5,000 Labor efficiency variance. Related Podcasts. Episode 111 of the Accounting Best Practices podcast discusses variance analysis.he variance is useful for spotlighting those areas in the production process that are using more labor hours than anticipated. This variance is calculated as the difference between the actual labor hours used to produce an item and the standard amount that should have been used, multiplied by the standard labor rate.