United States Secretary of Labor

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
(Redirected from Secretary of Labor)
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

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,[1] thus earning a salary of $221,400 as of January 2021.[2]

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

List of secretaries of labor

Parties
  1. REDIRECT Template:Legend inline (13)
  2. REDIRECT Template:Legend inline (17)

Status

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

Line of succession

File:Flag of the United States Secretary of Labor (1915–1960).svg
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:[3]

  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 succession

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 also

References

<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />

  1. ↑ Template:UnitedStatesCode
  2. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  3. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

External links

Template:Sister project

  • Script error: No such module "Official website".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
U.S. order of precedence (ceremonial)
Preceded byas Secretary of Commerce Template:S-bef/check Order of precedence of the United States
as Secretary of LaborScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Template:S-ttl/check 		Template:S-aft/check Succeeded byas Secretary of Health and Human Services
U.S. presidential line of succession
Preceded byTemplate:S-bef/check 11th in line Template:S-ttl/check Template:S-aft/check Succeeded by

Script error: No such module "navboxes". Template:USSecLabor Template:DOL agencies Script error: No such module "Navbox". Template:US presidential line of successionScript error: No such module "navboxes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Retrieved from "http://debianws.lexgopc.com/wiki143/index.php?title=United_States_Secretary_of_Labor&oldid=4332141"