A pipe-laying crew consists of two hydraulic excavators, a front-end loader, a trench box, a gravel box, a foreperson, a pipe layer, two equipment operators, and a laborer. The cost of a hydraulic excavator is $90.00 per hour, a front-end loader is $75.00 per hour, a trench box is $25.00 per day, and a gravel box is $18.00 per day. The foreman costs $25.00 per hour, an operator costs $18.00 per hour, the pipe layer costs $16.50 per hour, and the laborer costs $12.00 an hour. Labor costs include labor burdens. All employees work an 8-hour day except the foreperson, who works a 9-hour day. 

Determine the average cost of labor per labor hour and the equipment cost per labor hour for the pipe-laying crew.

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