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United States Secretary of Labor

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The United States secretary of labor is a member of the Cabinet of the United States, and as the head of the United States Department of Labor, controls the department, and enforces and suggests laws involving unions, the workplace, and all other issues involving any form of business-person controversies.

Formerly, there was a Department of Commerce and Labor. That department split into two in 1913. The Department of Commerce is headed by the secretary of commerce.

Secretary of labor is a Level I position in the Executive Schedule,<ref>Template:UnitedStatesCode</ref> thus earning a salary of $221,400 as of January 2021.<ref name="Salary">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Lori Chavez-DeRemer has been appointed as secretary since March 11, 2025 by President Donald J. Trump.

List of secretaries of laborEdit

Parties

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Status

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No. Portrait Name State of residence Took office Left office President(s)
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">1 Wilson Template:Sortname Pennsylvania Template:Dts Template:Dts style="background: Template:Party color;" | Template:Sortname
(1913–1921)
rowspan=3 style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">2 Davis Template:Sortname Pennsylvania Template:Dts Template:Dts style="background: Template:Party color;" | Template:Sortname
(1921–1923)
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(1923–1929)
rowspan=2 style="background: Template:Party color;" | Template:Sortname
(1929–1933)
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">3 Doak Template:Sortname Virginia Template:Dts Template:Dts
rowspan=2 style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">4 Perkins Template:Sortname New York Template:Dts Template:Dts style="background: Template:Party color;" | Template:Sortname
(1933–1945)
rowspan=3 style="background: Template:Party color;" | Template:Sortname
(1945–1953)
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">5 Schwellenbach Template:Sortname Washington Template:Dts Template:Dts
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">6 Tobin Template:Sortname Massachusetts Template:Dts Template:Dts
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">7 Durkin Template:Sortname Maryland Template:Dts Template:Dts rowspan=2 style="background: Template:Party color;" | Template:Sortname
(1953–1961)
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">8 Mitchell Template:Sortname New Jersey Template:Dts Template:Dts
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">9 Goldberg Template:Sortname Illinois Template:Dts Template:Dts rowspan=2 style="background: Template:Party color;" | Template:Sortname
(1961–1963)
rowspan=2 style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">10 Wirtz Template:Sortname Illinois Template:Dts Template:Dts
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(1963–1969)
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">11 Shultz Template:Sortname Illinois Template:Dts Template:Dts rowspan=3 style="background: Template:Party color;" | Template:Sortname
(1969–1974)
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">12 Hodgson Template:Sortname California Template:Dts Template:Dts
rowspan=2 style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">13 Brennan Template:Sortname New York Template:Dts Template:Dts
rowspan=3 style="background: Template:Party color;" | Template:Sortname
(1974–1977)
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">14 Dunlop Template:Sortname Massachusetts Template:Dts Template:Dts
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">15 Usery Template:Sortname Georgia Template:Dts Template:Dts
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">16 Marshall Template:Sortname Texas Template:Dts Template:Dts style="background: Template:Party color;" | Template:Sortname
(1977–1981)
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">17 Donovan Template:Sortname New Jersey Template:Dts Template:Dts rowspan=3 style="background: Template:Party color;" | Template:Sortname
(1981–1989)
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">18 Brock Template:Sortname Tennessee Template:Dts Template:Dts
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">19 McLaughlin Template:Sortname District of Columbia Template:Dts Template:Dts
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">20 Dole Template:Sortname Kansas Template:Dts Template:Dts rowspan=2 style="background: Template:Party color;" | Template:Sortname
(1989–1993)
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">21 Martin Template:Sortname Illinois Template:Dts Template:Dts
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">22 Reich Template:Sortname Massachusetts Template:Dts Template:Dts rowspan=2 style="background: Template:Party color;" | Template:Sortname
(1993–2001)
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">23 Herman Template:Sortname Alabama Template:Dts Template:Dts
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">24 Chao Template:Sortname Kentucky Template:Dts Template:Dts style="background: Template:Party color;" | Template:Sortname
(2001–2009)
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Ifsubst style="color:black">– Radzely Template:Sortname Pennsylvania Template:Dts Template:Dts rowspan=5 style="background: Template:Party color;" | Template:Sortname
(2009–2017)
Template:Ifsubst style="color:black">– Hugler Template:Sortname Pennsylvania Template:Dts Template:Dts
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">25 Solis Template:Sortname California Template:Dts Template:Dts
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Ifsubst style="color:black">– Harris Template:Sortname New York Template:Dts Template:Dts
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">26 Perez Template:Sortname Maryland Template:Dts Template:Dts
Template:Ifsubst style="color:black">– Hugler Template:Sortname Pennsylvania Template:Dts Template:Dts rowspan=4 style="background: Template:Party color;" | Template:Sortname
(2017–2021)
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">27 Acosta Template:Sortname Florida Template:Dts Template:Dts
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Ifsubst style="color:black">– Pizzella Template:Sortname Virginia Template:Dts Template:Dts
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">28 Scalia Template:Sortname Virginia Template:Dts Template:Dts
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Ifsubst style="color:black">– Stewart Template:Sortname Virginia Template:Dts Template:Dts rowspan=3 style="background: Template:Party color;" | Template:Sortname
(2021–2025)
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">29 Walsh Template:Sortname Massachusetts Template:Dts Template:Dts
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Ifsubst style="color:black">– Su Template:Sortname California Template:Dts Template:Dts
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Ifsubst style="color:black">– Micone Template:Sortname Template:Dts Template:Dts rowspan=2 style="background: Template:Party color;" | Template:Sortname
(2025–present)
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">30 Chavez-DeRemer Template:Sortname Oregon Template:Dts Present

Line of successionEdit

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The former flag of the U.S. Secretary of Labor, used from 1915 to 1960.

The line of succession for the Secretary of Labor is as follows:<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

  1. Deputy Secretary of Labor
  2. Solicitor of Labor
  3. Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management
  4. Assistant Secretary for Policy
  5. Assistant Secretary for Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs
  6. Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training
  7. Assistant Secretary for Employee Benefits Security
  8. Assistant Secretary for Occupational Safety and Health
  9. Assistant Secretary for Mine Safety and Health
  10. Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs
  11. Chief Financial Officer
  12. Administrator, Wage and Hour Division
  13. Assistant Secretary for Veterans' Employment and Training
  14. Assistant Secretary for Disability Employment Policy
  15. Deputy Solicitor of Labor (First Assistant of the Solicitor of Labor)
  16. Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy (First Assistant of the Assistant Secretary for Policy)
  17. Deputy Assistant Secretary for Congressional Affairs (First Assistant of the Assistant Secretary for Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs)
  18. Deputy Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training (First Assistant of the Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training)
  19. Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy (First Assistant of the Assistant Secretary for Employee Benefits Security)
  20. Deputy Assistant Secretary for Occupational Safety and Health (First Assistant of the Assistant Secretary for Occupational Safety and Health)
  21. Deputy Assistant Secretary for Mine Safety and Health (First Assistant of the Assistant Secretary for Mine Safety and Health)
  22. Regional Solicitor—Dallas
  23. Regional Administrator for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management—Region VI/Dallas

Secretary successionEdit

If none of the above officials are available to serve as Acting Secretary of Labor, the Designated Secretarial Designee assumes interim operational control over the Department, except the Secretary's non-delegable responsibilities.

  1. Director, Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs
  2. Director of the Women's Bureau
  3. Regional Administrator, Employment and Training Administration—Dallas
  4. Regional Administration, Occupational Safety and Health Administration—Dallas

See alsoEdit

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