Medusa Company allocates costs from the payroll department (S1) and the maintenance department (S2) to the molding (P1), finishing (P2), and packaging (P3) departments. Payroll department costs are allocated based on the number of employees in the department and maintenence department costs are allocated based on the number square feet which the production department occupies within the factory. Information about the departments is presented below:
Department Costs number of employees number of square feet occupied
payroll (S1) $139,000 2 2,000
maintenence (S2) $220,000 8 64,000
molding (P1) 65 100,000
finishing (P2) 43 60,000
packaging (P3) 19 40,000
Medusa uses the direct method to allocate costs. Round all answers to the nearest dollar. What amount of the payroll department costs will be allocated to the molding department?