[Ouderkirk]

Labor is a pretty major portion of the cost of items that are labor intensive to manufacture.

Taxes (property and payroll) are a pretty high part of the cost of the “overhead” included in that 27%. Energy costs are also a major overhead factor too.

In the UMC (Unified Manufacturing Cost) which breaks out the the labor hours at every value-add step, will give a more accurate detail about the true cost.

I suspect that the percentage of labor including overhead and taxes is higher than 27%. I would say it’s closer to 36%

[central_va]

Labor is a pretty major portion of the cost of items that are labor intensive to manufacture.

Besides clothing, name one thing that is massed produced and labor is greater than 20-30%? POST DATA.

[central_va]

I would say it’s closer to 36% = BS.

Post data.