Fab Co. manufactures textiles. Among Fab's Year 1 manufacturing costs were the following salaries and wages:
  Loom operators
  $ 120,000
  Factory foremen
  45,000
  Machine mechanics
  30,000
  What was the amount of Fab's Year 1 direct labor?
  a.$120,000
  b.$165,000
  c.$195,000
  d.$150,000
  Answer:A
  Choice "A" is correct. Direct labor represents the cost of labor directly associated with the manufacturing of the finished product. The loom operators would qualify as direct labor, while the factory foremen and the machine mechanics would qualify as indirect labor, or overhead. Total direct labor is $120,000.