The cost of goods and services includes labor, materials and overhead. The hourly rate minus overhead would simply be the direct labor costs. Examples of overhead costs include cleaning, rent, ...

Overhead costs are expenses tied to things other than the production of goods or services. Here's how to calculate overhead.

The first task in determining proper application is to separate the business into major cost groups, sometimes referred to as overhead pools. For example, if the largest cost of production is labor, a ...