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.

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.

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

List of current labor commissioners , the various labor commissioners are: Office Name Elected/Appointed Alabama Commissioner of Labor Marty Redden Appointed Alaska Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development Catherine Muñoz Appointed Director of the Industrial Commission of Arizona Gaetano Testini Appointed Arkansas Director of Labor Daryl Bassett Appointed California Director of Industrial Relations Katrina Hagen Appointed Colorado Executive Director of Labor and Employment Joe Barela Appointed Connecticut Commissioner of Labor Danté Bartolomeo Appointed Delaware Secretary of Labor Karryl Hubbard Appointed Florida Secretary of Economic Opportunity Vacant Appointed Georgia Commissioner of Labor Bárbara Rivera Holmes Elected (partisan) Hawaii Director of Labor and Industrial Relations Jade Butay Appointed Idaho Director of Labor Jani Revier Appointed Illinois Director of Labor Jane Flanagan Appointed Indiana Commissioner of Labor David Redden Appointed Iowa Commissioner of Labor Rod Roberts Appointed Kansas Secretary of Labor Amber Shultz Appointed Kentucky Secretary of Labor Cabinet Jamie Link Appointed Louisiana Executive Director of the Workforce Commission Susana Schowen Appointed Maine Commissioner of Labor Laura Fortman Appointed Maryland Secretary of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation Portia Wu Appointed Massachusetts Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development Lauren Jones Appointed Michigan Director of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs Marlon Brown Appointed Minnesota Commissioner of Labor and Industry Nicole Blissenbach Appointed Mississippi Executive Director of Employment Security Robin Stewart Appointed Missouri Director of Labor and Industrial Relations Anna Hui Appointed Montana Commissioner of Labor and Industry Sarah Swanson Appointed Nebraska Commissioner of Labor Katie Thurber Appointed Nevada Commissioner of Labor Shannon Chambers Appointed Nevada Director of Employment, Training, and Rehabilitation Chris Sewell Appointed New Hampshire Commissioner of Labor Ken Merrifield Appointed New Jersey Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development Robert Asaro-Angelo Appointed New York Commissioner of Labor Roberta Reardon Appointed North Carolina Commissioner of Labor Luke Farley Elected (partisan) North Dakota Commissioner of Labor Nathan Svihovec Appointed Ohio Superintendent of Industrial Compliance and Labor Robb Coventry Appointed Oklahoma Commissioner of Labor Leslie Osborn Elected (partisan) Oregon Commissioner of Labor and Industries Christina Stephenson Elected (nonpartisan) Pennsylvania Secretary of Labor and Industry Nancy A. Walker Appointed Rhode Island Director of Labor Matthew Weldon Appointed South Carolina Director of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation Emily Farr Appointed South Dakota Secretary of Labor and Regulation Marcia Hultman Appointed Tennessee Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development Deniece Thomas Appointed Texas Workforce Commission Bryan Daniel Appointed Texas Workforce Commission Joe Esparza Appointed Texas Workforce Commission Alberto Trevino Appointed Utah Commissioner of Labor Jaceson Maughan Appointed Vermont Commissioner of Labor Michael Harrington Appointed Virginia Commissioner of Labor and Industry Gary Pan Appointed Washington Director of Labor and Industries Joel Sacks Appointed West Virginia Commissioner of Labor Mitchell Woodrum Appointed West Virginia Secretary of Commerce James Bailey Appointed Wisconsin Secretary of Workforce Development Amy Pechacek Appointed Wyoming Director of Workforce Services Robin Sessions Cooley Appointed

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