When preparing budgets, Pine, Inc.'s formula for wages and salaries costs was $8,000 of fixed costs and $1.00 per unit of variable costs. Pine planned to produce 9,500 units but actually produced 9,800 units. Actual wages and salaries costs were $17,300. Pine's spending variance for wages and salaries is: $200 Unfavorable.
Oak Company's standard cost card for the product it manufactures is presented below:
Standard quantity (or Standard Price or hours) rate)
Direct Material: 2.5 pounds per unit, $3.00 per pound
Direct Labor: 0.5 hours per unit, $20.00 per hour
Manufacturing Overhead: 0.5 hours per unit, $6.00 per hour
Standard Cost:
Direct Material: $7.50 per unit
Direct Labor: $10.00 per unit
Manufacturing Overhead: $3.00 per unit
Oak's materials spending variance is: $4,500 Unfavorable.