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List of current labor commissioners in the United States

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The labor commissioner is a state-level position in all 50 states. The duties of the position vary from state to state, but their general role is to oversee the administration of state laws relating to labor and the workforce. Duties can include ensuring that all workers are treated fairly under the law, overseeing investigation of non-payment of wages, the state minimum wage, overtime, and prevailing wage disputes. The vast majority of the states with labor commissioners authorize the governor to appoint an individual to the office, but there are at least four states who have opted to have voters select the officeholders.[1][2]

See also: State executive offices and Labor Commissioner



Office Name Party Date assumed office
Alabama Commissioner of Labor Marty Redden Nonpartisan October 1, 2024
Alaska Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development Cathy Munoz
Alaska Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development Cathy Munoz Nonpartisan January 31, 2023
Arkansas Director of Labor Daryl Bassett Nonpartisan July 1, 2019
California Director of Industrial Relations Katrina Hagen Nonpartisan 2020
Colorado Executive Director of Labor and Employment Joe Barela Nonpartisan January 8, 2019
Connecticut Commissioner of Labor Danté Bartolomeo Nonpartisan 2022
Delaware Secretary of Labor LaKresha Moultrie Nonpartisan January 30, 2025
Director of the Industrial Commission of Arizona Gaetano Testini Nonpartisan August 16, 2023
Florida Secretary of Economic Opportunity Vacant
Georgia Commissioner of Labor Barbara Rivera Holmes Republican April 4, 2024
Hawaii Director of Labor and Industrial Relations Jade Butay Nonpartisan December 5, 2022
Idaho Director of Labor Jani Revier Nonpartisan 2019
Illinois Director of Labor Jane Flanagan Nonpartisan February 23, 2023
Indiana Commissioner of Labor Mike Speedy Nonpartisan January 13, 2025
Iowa Commissioner of Labor Rod Roberts Nonpartisan March 1, 2019
Kansas Secretary of Labor Amber Shultz Nonpartisan March 31, 2021
Kentucky Secretary of Labor Cabinet Jamie Link Nonpartisan July 1, 2021
Louisiana Executive Director of the Workforce Commission Susana Schowen Nonpartisan January 8, 2024
Maine Commissioner of Labor Laura Fortman Nonpartisan 2019
Maryland Secretary of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation Portia Wu Nonpartisan March 2, 2023
Massachusetts Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development Lauren Jones Nonpartisan January 20, 2023
Michigan Director of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs Marlon Brown Nonpartisan February 23, 2024
Minnesota Commissioner of Labor and Industry Nicole Blissenbach Nonpartisan April 5, 2023
Mississippi Executive Director of Employment Security William Ashley Nonpartisan 2024
Missouri Director of Labor and Industrial Relations Anna Hui Nonpartisan March 30, 2017
Montana Commissioner of Labor and Industry Sarah Swanson Nonpartisan August 14, 2023
Nebraska Commissioner of Labor Katie Thurber Nonpartisan December 31, 2024
Nevada Commissioner of Labor Shannon Chambers Nonpartisan December 29, 2014
Nevada Director of Employment, Training, and Rehabilitation Chris Sewell Nonpartisan January 11, 2023
New Hampshire Commissioner of Labor Ken Merrifield Nonpartisan April 19, 2017
New Jersey Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development Robert Asaro-Angelo Nonpartisan 2018
New York Commissioner of Labor Roberta Reardon Nonpartisan 2015
North Carolina Commissioner of Labor Luke Farley Republican January 1, 2025
North Dakota Commissioner of Labor Zach Greenberg Nonpartisan April 1, 2025
Ohio Superintendent of Industrial Compliance and Labor Robb Coventry Nonpartisan September 12, 2022
Oklahoma Commissioner of Labor Leslie Osborn Republican January 14, 2019
Oregon Commissioner of Labor and Industries Christina Stephenson Nonpartisan January 2, 2023
Pennsylvania Secretary of Labor and Industry Nancy A. Walker Nonpartisan June 21, 2023
Rhode Island Director of Labor Matthew Weldon Nonpartisan April 27, 2021
South Carolina Director of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation Emily Farr Nonpartisan August 17, 2016
South Dakota Secretary of Labor and Regulation Marcia Hultman Nonpartisan 2013
Tennessee Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development Deniece Thomas Nonpartisan September 30, 2022
Texas Workforce Commission Bryan Daniel Nonpartisan July 29, 2019
Texas Workforce Commission Joe Esparza Nonpartisan November 7, 2023
Texas Workforce Commission Alberto Trevino Nonpartisan January 9, 2023
Utah Commissioner of Labor Jaceson Maughan Nonpartisan 2016
Vermont Commissioner of Labor Michael Harrington Nonpartisan June 30, 2021
Virginia Commissioner of Labor and Industry Gary Pan Nonpartisan January 15, 2022
Washington Director of Labor and Industries Joel Sacks Nonpartisan January 16, 2013
West Virginia Commissioner of Labor Mitchell Woodrum Nonpartisan 2017
West Virginia Secretary of Commerce Matt Herridge Nonpartisan January 16, 2025
Wisconsin Secretary of Workforce Development Amy Pechacek Nonpartisan September 18, 2020
Wyoming Director of Workforce Services Robin Sessions Cooley Nonpartisan 2019


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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Utah Labor Commission, "Utah Labor Commission," accessed April 13, 2015
  2. ↑ Nevada Office of the Labor Commissioner, "Labor Commissioner, accessed April 13, 2015


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