United States Secretary of Labor

The United States Secretary of Labor is the head of the Department of Labor who exercises control over the department and enforces and suggests laws involving unions, the workplace, and all other issues involving any form of business-person controversies.

United States Secretary of Labor
Seal of the Department
Flag of the Secretary
Incumbent Julie Su (Acting) since March 11, 2023
United States Department of Labor
Style	Mr. Secretary (informal) The Honorable (formal)
Member of	Cabinet
Reports to	President of the United States
Seat	Frances Perkins Building, Washington, D.C.
Appointer	The President with Senate advice and consent
Term length	No fixed term
Constituting instrument	29 U.S.C. § 551
Precursor	Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Formation	March 4, 1913
First holder	William B. Wilson
Succession	Eleventh
Deputy	Deputy Secretary of Labor
Salary	Executive Schedule, level I
Website	www.dol.gov

List of Secretaries of Labor

This is a complete list of all past and present Secretaries of Labor.

Parties

  Democratic (12)   Republican (16)

Status

  Acting Secretary of Labor

  Nominee for Secretary of Labor

No.	Portrait	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		January 20, 2021	March 23, 2021		Joe Biden
29		Marty Walsh	Massachusetts	March 23, 2021	March 11, 2023
– Nominee		Julie Su	California	Acting: March 11, 2023	—