Without the option of price increases, many companies are paying for the higher labor costs out of profits.

He said the rise was also based on what he described as "higher labor, packaging and distribution costs."

You have higher labor and utility costs than most other areas of the country.

Board officials blamed high labor and material costs for the cost overruns.

The increase is attributed to higher labor and mandated costs.

Her economic problems lay primarily in high labor and fuel costs which were compounded by the prohibition.

That may be offset in part by higher labor and materials costs in the city, however.

Faced with high Australian labor costs some years ago, the company began to go abroad to make products, especially footwear and latex goods.

Only Miami-which has much higher labor and living costs-spends more per person on health care.

As a result, it has the highest labor and transportation costs in the region.