Labor Commissioner (state executive office)
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]
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Method of selection
Although labor commissioners are selected by the governor in the majority of states, four (Oregon, Oklahoma, North Carolina, and Georgia) hold elections for the office. These elections are nonpartisan in Oregon. In the other 46 states, the labor commissioner is appointed by the governor. In Nevada and West Virginia, the responsibilities of the labor commissioner are divided between two separate appointed offices. In Texas, the governor appoints three labor commissioners to a board, which carries out the duties of the office.
Partisan affiliation
The office of labor commissioner is nonpartisan in 47 states. The office is held by a Republican in each of the three states in which it is a partisan position.
Compensation
According to compensation figures for 2022 compiled by the Council of State Governments in the Book of the States, the largest salary for a labor commissioner is $227,179 in California, while the lowest is $77,000 in Oregon. Salary information was not available for Mississippi. To view the compensation of a specific labor commissioner, hover your mouse cursor over the state.
Current officeholders
List of Current Labor Commissioners
List of current State Labor Commissioners in the United States:
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Election history
2024
- See also: State executive official elections, 2024
One state held an election for labor commissioner in 2024:
2023
- See also: State executive official elections, 2023
No state held elections for labor commissioner in 2023.
2022
- See also: State executive official elections, 2022
Three states held elections for labor commissioner in 2022:
2021
- See also: State executive official elections, 2021
No state held elections for labor commissioner in 2021.
2020
- See also: State executive official elections, 2020
One state held an election for labor commissioner in 2020:
2018
- See also: State executive official elections, 2018
Three states held elections for labor commissioner in 2020:
2016
- See also: Labor Commissioner elections, 2016
One state held an election for labor commissioner in 2016:
2015
No commissioner elections were scheduled for the 2015 electoral cycle.
2014
- Main article: State executive official elections, 2014
Three states held regularly scheduled labor commissioner elections in the 2014 electoral cycle: Georgia, Oklahoma and Oregon. Oregon Commissioner of Labor and Industries Brad Avakian won re-election on May 20, 2014, while Georgia and Oklahoma held their labor commissioner general elections on November 4, 2014.
2013
There were no commissioner elections in 2013.
2012
- Main article: State executive official elections, 2012
Two states held scheduled labor commissioner elections in the 2012 electoral cycle: North Carolina and Oregon.
Cherie Berry (R) won re-election in North Carolina and Brad Avakian (D) won re-election in Oregon on November 6, 2012.[3][4]
See also
- State executive offices
- State executive official elections, 2022
- State executive official elections, 2023
- State executive official elections, 2024
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Utah Labor Commission, "Utah Labor Commission," accessed April 13, 2015
- ↑ Nevada Office of the Labor Commissioner, "Labor Commissioner, accessed April 13, 2015
- ↑ Oregon Live, "2012 General Election Results," November 7, 2012
- ↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections, "2012 General Election Results," accessed November 7, 2013
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