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A labor commissioner is a public official in the executive branch of a state or territory in the United States. Their general role is to oversee the administration of state laws relating to labor and the workforce. [1]

All 50 states have labor commissioners. In four states – Georgia, North Carolina, Oklahoma and Oregon – labor commissioners are elected statewide. Oregon elects labor commissioners in nonpartisan elections, while the other three states have partisan elections. In the other 46 states, labor commissioners are nonpartisan and appointed. In Nevada and West Virginia, two separate appointed offices divide the responsibilities of the labor commissioner, while in Texas, there are three labor commissioners on the Texas Workforce Commission. [1]

The National Association of Government Labor Officials is a bipartisan association of labor commissioners. [2]

List of current labor commissioners

As of November 24,2024, the various labor commissioners are: [1]

OfficeNameElected/Appointed
Alabama Commissioner of LaborMarty ReddenAppointed
Alaska Commissioner of Labor and Workforce DevelopmentCatherine MuñozAppointed
Director of the Industrial Commission of ArizonaGaetano TestiniAppointed
Arkansas Director of LaborDaryl BassettAppointed
California Director of Industrial RelationsKatrina HagenAppointed
Colorado Executive Director of Labor and EmploymentJoe BarelaAppointed
Connecticut Commissioner of LaborDanté BartolomeoAppointed
Delaware Secretary of LaborKarryl HubbardAppointed
Florida Secretary of Economic OpportunityVacantAppointed
Georgia Commissioner of Labor VacantElected
Hawaii Director of Labor and Industrial RelationsJade ButayAppointed
Idaho Director of LaborJani RevierAppointed
Illinois Director of LaborJane FlanaganAppointed
Indiana Commissioner of LaborDavid ReddenAppointed
Iowa Commissioner of LaborRod RobertsAppointed
Kansas Secretary of LaborAmber ShultzAppointed
Kentucky Secretary of Labor CabinetJamie LinkAppointed
Louisiana Executive Director of the Workforce CommissionSusana SchowenAppointed
Maine Commissioner of LaborLaura FortmanAppointed
Maryland Secretary of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation Portia Wu Appointed
Massachusetts Secretary of Labor and Workforce DevelopmentLauren JonesAppointed
Michigan Director of Licensing and Regulatory AffairsMarlon BrownAppointed
Minnesota Commissioner of Labor and IndustryNicole BlissenbachAppointed
Mississippi Executive Director of Employment SecurityRobin StewartAppointed
Missouri Director of Labor and Industrial RelationsAnna HuiAppointed
Montana Commissioner of Labor and IndustrySarah SwansonAppointed
Nebraska Commissioner of LaborJohn AlbinAppointed
Nevada Commissioner of LaborShannon ChambersAppointed
Nevada Director of Employment, Training, and RehabilitationChris SewellAppointed
New Hampshire Commissioner of LaborKen MerrifieldAppointed
New Jersey Commissioner of Labor and Workforce DevelopmentRobert Asaro-AngeloAppointed
New York Commissioner of LaborRoberta ReardonAppointed
North Carolina Commissioner of Labor Josh Dobson Elected
North Dakota Commissioner of LaborNathan SvihovecAppointed
Ohio Superintendent of Industrial Compliance and LaborRobb CoventryAppointed
Oklahoma Commissioner of Labor Leslie Osborn Elected
Oregon Commissioner of Labor and Industries Christina Stephenson Elected
Pennsylvania Secretary of Labor and IndustryNancy A. WalkerAppointed
Rhode Island Director of LaborMatthew WeldonAppointed
South Carolina Director of Labor, Licensing, and RegulationEmily FarrAppointed
South Dakota Secretary of Labor and RegulationMarcia HultmanAppointed
Tennessee Commissioner of Labor and Workforce DevelopmentDeniece ThomasAppointed
Texas Workforce Commission Bryan DanielAppointed
Texas Workforce CommissionJoe EsparzaAppointed
Texas Workforce CommissionAlberto TrevinoAppointed
Utah Commissioner of LaborJaceson MaughanAppointed
Vermont Commissioner of LaborMichael HarringtonAppointed
Virginia Commissioner of Labor and IndustryGary PanAppointed
Washington Director of Labor and IndustriesJoel SacksAppointed
West Virginia Commissioner of LaborMitchell WoodrumAppointed
West Virginia Secretary of CommerceJames BaileyAppointed
Wisconsin Secretary of Workforce DevelopmentAmy PechacekAppointed
Wyoming Director of Workforce ServicesRobin Sessions CooleyAppointed

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References

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