Labor commissioner

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]