production costs
Factory spending totals
Production costs are the expenses incurred in making a good or delivering a service.
These include raw materials, labor, equipment, and overhead like utilities and rent.
In film and media, production costs cover everything from salaries to set construction to post-production: The production costs for the blockbuster exceeded $200 million.
Businesses track production costs to determine pricing and profitability.
- utilitiesEssential infrastructure services
- raw materialsUnprocessed production inputs
- property taxesGovernment charges on land
- energy consumptionRate of power use
- rentPayment for temporary use
insurance · lease payments · licensing fees · overtime pay · freight charges · hourly wages · loan interest · maintenance expenses · storage fees · security services · procurement · inflation · outsourcing · inventory · wholesale · logistics · budget · running total
- business financeaccounting, balance sheet, revenue stream, profit margin, budget
- economicssupply and demand, inflation, GDP, GNP, gross domestic product
- business costsadministrative fees, direct labor, cost of goods sold, raw materials, labor
- farm economicsfarm economy, farm income, farm loans, farm credit, farm management
- Film Budgetsabove the line, below the line, contingency fund, line items, equipment rental
- media businessadvertising, ratings, subscriptions, revenue streams, monetization
production costsrevenue
Business income total
sales revenue · income · gross revenue · earnings · proceeds
production costsretail price
Consumer purchase amount
selling price · sale price · market price · asking price · list price
production costsfixed costs
Expenses unchanged by output
overhead · sunk costs · administrative costs · operating expenses