indirect labor

American  

noun

1. labor performed, as by maintenance and clerical workers, that is not considered in computing costs per unit of production.

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Example Sentences

The elements of the cost of sales are materials costs, labor costs, overhead costs, indirect materials costs and indirect labor costs.

From Encyclopedia.com • Feb. 5, 2018

The figures were aimed at refuting charges by Auto Critic Ralph Nader, who in July asserted that "the direct and indirect labor in a medium-priced car doesn't exceed $300."

From Time Magazine Archive

The indirect labor charge for each hat was determined by applying to its direct labor charge the percentage which total indirect labor for the factory bore to the total direct labor.

From Men's Sewed Straw Hats Report of the United Stated Tariff Commission to the President of the United States (1926) by Commission, United States Tariff

Distinguish between direct and indirect labor, and give an illustration of the distinction.

From Principles Of Political Economy Abridged with Critical, Bibliographical, and Explanatory Notes, and a Sketch of the History of Political Economy by Mill, John Stuart