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U.S. cabinet member and head of the U.S. Department of Labor
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
,
[2]
thus earning a salary of $221,400 as of January 2021.
[3]
Julie Su
has been serving as acting secretary since the resignation of
Marty Walsh
on March 11, 2023.
List of secretaries of labor
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- Parties
Democratic
(13)
Republican
(16)
Status
Acting Secretary of Labor
No.
|
Portrait
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Name
|
State of residence
|
Took office
|
Left office
|
President(s)
|
1
|
|
William B. Wilson
|
Pennsylvania
|
March 6, 1913
|
March 4, 1921
|
|
Woodrow Wilson
|
2
|
|
James J. Davis
|
Pennsylvania
|
March 5, 1921
|
November 30, 1930
|
|
Warren G. Harding
|
|
Calvin Coolidge
|
|
Herbert Hoover
|
3
|
|
William N. Doak
|
Virginia
|
December 9, 1930
|
March 4, 1933
|
4
|
|
Frances Perkins
|
New York
|
March 4, 1933
|
June 30, 1945
|
|
Franklin D. Roosevelt
|
|
Harry S. Truman
|
5
|
|
Lewis B. Schwellenbach
|
Washington
|
July 1, 1945
|
June 10, 1948
|
6
|
|
Maurice J. Tobin
|
Massachusetts
|
August 13, 1948
|
January 20, 1953
|
7
|
|
Martin P. Durkin
|
Maryland
|
January 21, 1953
|
September 10, 1953
|
|
Dwight D. Eisenhower
|
8
|
|
James P. Mitchell
|
New Jersey
|
October 9, 1953
|
January 20, 1961
|
9
|
|
Arthur Goldberg
|
Illinois
|
January 21, 1961
|
September 20, 1962
|
|
John F. Kennedy
|
10
|
|
W. Willard Wirtz
|
Illinois
|
September 25, 1962
|
January 20, 1969
|
|
Lyndon B. Johnson
|
11
|
|
George P. Shultz
|
Illinois
|
January 22, 1969
|
July 1, 1970
|
|
Richard Nixon
|
12
|
|
James D. Hodgson
|
California
|
July 2, 1970
|
February 1, 1973
|
13
|
|
Peter J. Brennan
|
New York
|
February 2, 1973
|
March 15, 1975
|
|
Gerald Ford
|
14
|
|
John T. Dunlop
|
Massachusetts
|
March 18, 1975
|
January 31, 1976
|
15
|
|
William Usery Jr.
|
Georgia
|
February 10, 1976
|
January 20, 1977
|
16
|
|
Ray Marshall
|
Texas
|
January 27, 1977
|
January 20, 1981
|
|
Jimmy Carter
|
17
|
|
Raymond J. Donovan
|
New Jersey
|
February 4, 1981
|
March 15, 1985
|
|
Ronald Reagan
|
18
|
|
Bill Brock
|
Tennessee
|
April 29, 1985
|
October 31, 1987
|
19
|
|
Ann Dore McLaughlin
|
District of Columbia
|
December 17, 1987
|
January 20, 1989
|
20
|
|
Elizabeth Dole
|
Kansas
|
January 25, 1989
|
November 23, 1990
|
|
George H. W. Bush
|
21
|
|
Lynn M. Martin
|
Illinois
|
February 22, 1991
|
January 20, 1993
|
22
|
|
Robert Reich
|
Massachusetts
|
January 22, 1993
|
January 20, 1997
|
|
Bill Clinton
|
23
|
|
Alexis Herman
|
Alabama
|
May 1, 1997
|
January 20, 2001
|
24
|
|
Elaine Chao
|
Kentucky
|
January 29, 2001
|
January 20, 2009
|
|
George W. Bush
|
?
|
|
Howard Radzely
|
Pennsylvania
|
January 20, 2009
|
February 2, 2009
|
|
Barack Obama
|
?
|
|
Ed Hugler
|
Pennsylvania
|
February 2, 2009
|
February 24, 2009
|
25
|
|
Hilda Solis
|
California
|
February 24, 2009
|
January 22, 2013
|
?
|
|
Seth Harris
|
New York
|
January 22, 2013
|
July 23, 2013
|
26
|
|
Tom Perez
|
Maryland
|
July 23, 2013
|
January 20, 2017
|
?
|
|
Ed Hugler
|
Pennsylvania
|
January 20, 2017
|
April 27, 2017
|
|
Donald Trump
|
27
|
|
Alexander Acosta
|
Florida
|
April 28, 2017
|
July 19, 2019
|
?
|
|
Patrick Pizzella
|
Virginia
|
July 20, 2019
|
September 30, 2019
|
28
|
|
Eugene Scalia
|
Virginia
|
September 30, 2019
|
January 20, 2021
|
?
|
|
Al Stewart
|
Virginia
|
January 20, 2021
|
March 23, 2021
|
|
Joe Biden
|
29
|
|
Marty Walsh
|
Massachusetts
|
March 23, 2021
|
March 11, 2023
|
?
|
|
Julie Su
|
California
|
March 11, 2023
|
Incumbent
|
Line of succession
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The line of succession for the Secretary of Labor is as follows:
[4]
- Deputy Secretary of Labor
- Solicitor of Labor
- Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management
- Assistant Secretary for Policy
- Assistant Secretary for Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs
- Assistant Secretary for
Employment and Training
- Assistant Secretary for
Employee Benefits Security
- Assistant Secretary for
Occupational Safety and Health
- Assistant Secretary for
Mine Safety and Health
- Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs
- Chief Financial Officer
- Administrator,
Wage and Hour Division
- Assistant Secretary for Veterans' Employment and Training
- Assistant Secretary for Disability Employment Policy
- Deputy Solicitor of Labor (First Assistant of the Solicitor of Labor)
- Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy (First Assistant of the Assistant Secretary for Policy)
- Deputy Assistant Secretary for Congressional Affairs (First Assistant of the Assistant Secretary for Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs)
- Deputy Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training (First Assistant of the Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training)
- Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy (First Assistant of the Assistant Secretary for Employee Benefits Security)
- Deputy Assistant Secretary for Occupational Safety and Health (First Assistant of the Assistant Secretary for Occupational Safety and Health)
- Deputy Assistant Secretary for Mine Safety and Health (First Assistant of the Assistant Secretary for Mine Safety and Health)
- Regional Solicitor?Dallas
- Regional Administrator for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management?Region VI/Dallas
Secretary succession
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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.
- Director,
Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs
- Director of the
Women's Bureau
- Regional Administrator, Employment and Training Administration?Dallas
- Regional Administration, Occupational Safety and Health Administration?Dallas
See also
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References
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