The phrase "average labor" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing typical or standard work or effort in a specific context, such as economics or workforce analysis.
Example: "The study revealed that the average labor cost in the region has increased over the past year."
Alternatives: "typical workforce" or "standard labor".
Every new hire at the lower wage will further reduce average labor costs.
Mr. Dawes said the average labor cost of the jobs being cut, including benefits and wages, was $30 an hour.
If it had kept pace with the growth in average labor productivity, it would be about $17 an hour.
The company also said that the average labor overtime in the fourth quarter had dropped to 10percentt from 19percentt.
With average labor costs in the United States far higher than in China, allowing the renminbi to rise would make no difference, Mr. Xiang said.
David T. Hon, chief executive of the privately held Dahon Group, said that while he had been raising wages 10 to 15percentt a year, the average labor cost for each bicycle had actually edged downward.
Together with the transfer of retiree health care payments to a union-run fund, U.A.W. concessions have reduced average labor costs at the three Detroit carmakers by some $20 an hour in the last four years.
With a 20 percent unemployment rate, twice the European average, labor mobility has become a burning issue in Spain, prompting some business leaders to call for an overhaul of the Spanish education system that would make better language training a priority.
Since the advent of the single currency, Germany's labor costs have fallen more than 15 percent against the average labor costs of all the countries using the euro, and about 25 percent against those of the troubled nations on the periphery.
Although the official survey budget does not include an "expenditure" for the time of survey participants, survey participants' time amounts to a social cost of about $54 million per year (valuing hours answering survey questions at the national average labor compensation per hour of about $41.50).
If the minimum wage had kept pace with inflation or average wages over the past nearly 50 years, it would be about $10 an hour; if it had kept pace with the growth in average labor productivity, it would be about $17 an hour.
