Joel Sacks

Joel Sacks

Nonpartisan

Washington Director of Labor and Industries

Tenure

2013 - Present

Term ends

2025

Years in position

11

Predecessor

Judy Schurke

Compensation

Base salary

$188,028

Elections and appointments

Appointed

January 1, 2013

Education

Bachelor's

Haverford College, 1991

Graduate

Syracuse University, Maxwell School of Public Affairs, 1994

Contact

Personal LinkedIn

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Joel Sacks is the Washington Director of Labor and Industries. Sacks assumed office on January 16, 2013. Sacks' current term ends on January 13, 2025.

He was first appointed to the position in January 2013 by Gov. Jay Inslee (D).

Biography

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Sacks served four years at the Occupational Safety and Health Administration in the U.S. Department of Labor. He then joined the state Department of Labor and Industries, serving as deputy director of field services. From there he went to the Employment Security Department, spending five years as assistant commissioner for the Budget, Policy and Communications Division. He was appointed deputy commissioner of the state Employment Security Department Commissioner Paul Trause in October 2010. Sacks served in this role until his appointment as Director of the Washington Department of Labor & Industries in 2013.

Education

• Bachelor's degree, political science, Haverford College
• Master's degree, public administration, Syracuse University's Maxwell School of Public Affairs

Political career

Director of Labor and Industries (2013-Present)

Sacks was first appointed to the position in January 2013 by Governor of Washington Jay Inslee.

Appointments

2013

Sacks was first appointed as Washington Director of Labor and Industries in January 2013 by Governor of Washington Jay Inslee.

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See also

• Labor Commissioner
• Washington Director of Labor and Industries
• Washington state executive offices
• Governor of Washington
• Current Governor of Washington Jay Inslee

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Political offices
Preceded by Judy Schurke	Washington Director of Labor and Industries 2013-Present	Succeeded by -