United States Deputy Secretary of Labor

United States Deputy Secretary of Labor
United States Deputy Secretary of Labor
	Seal of the Department of Labor
	Incumbent; Julie Su; since July 17, 2021
	United States Department of Labor
Style	Madam Deputy Secretary
Reports to	United States Secretary of Labor
Seat	Washington, D.C.
Appointer	The President of the United States; with Senate advice and consent
Term length	No fixed term
Formation	March 4, 1913
First holder	Louis F. Post
Salary	Executive Schedule, level II
Website	www.dol.gov

The United States deputy secretary of labor is the second-highest-ranking official in the United States Department of Labor. In the United States federal government, the deputy secretary oversees the day-to-day operation of the Department of Labor, and may act as secretary of labor during the absence of the secretary. The deputy secretary is appointed by the President of the United States with the advice and consent of the United States Senate and the United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

List of deputy secretaries of labor

The following is a list of deputy secretaries of labor or earlier equivalent positions.^[1]

#	Name	Term
Assistant secretary (1913–1925)
1	Louis F. Post	1913–1921
2	Edward J. Henning	1921–1925
First assistant secretary (1925–1946)
3	Robe C. White	1925–1933
4	Edward F. McGrady	1933–1937
5	Charles V. McLaughlin	1938–1941
6	Daniel W. Tracy	1941–1946
–	John W. Gibson (Acting)	1946
Under secretary (1946–1986)
7	Keen Johnson	1946–1947
8	David A. Morse	1947–1948
9	Michael J. Galvin	1949–1953
10	Lloyd A. Mashburn	1953
11	Arthur Larson	1954–1956
12	James T. O'Connell	1957–1961
13	W. Willard Wirtz	1961–1962
14	John F. Henning	1962–1967
15	James J. Reynolds	1967–1969
16	James D. Hodgson	1969–1970
17	Laurence Silberman	1970–1973
18	Richard F. Schubert	1973–1975
19	Robert O. Aders	1975–1976
20	Michael Moskow	1976–1977
21	Robert J. Brown	1977–1980
22	John N. Gentry	1980–1981
–	Vacant	1981–1982
23	Malcolm R. Lovell, Jr.	1982–1983
–	Vacant	1983–1984
24	Ford B. Ford	1984–1986
Deputy secretary (since 1986)
25	Dennis E. Whitfield	1986–1989
26	Roderick DeArment	1989–1992
27	Delbert L. Spurlock, Jr.	1992–1993
28	Thomas P. Glynn	1993–1996
–	Cynthia A. Metzler (Acting)	1996–1997
–	Vacant	1997–1998
29	Kathryn O. Higgins	1998–2000
30	Edward B. Montgomery	2000–2001
31	D. Cameron Findlay	2001–2003
32	Steven J. Law	2003–2007
33	Howard M. Radzely	2007–2009
34	Seth Harris	2009–2014
–	M. Patricia Smith	2014
35	Chris Lu	2014–2017
36	Patrick Pizzella	2018–2021
37	Julie Su	2021–

^ "U.S. Department of Labor – Historical Office". Archived from the original on April 29, 2009. Retrieved April 2, 2009.

United States Deputy Secretary of Labor
Seal of the Department of Labor
Incumbent Julie Su since July 17, 2021
United States Department of Labor
Style	Madam Deputy Secretary
Reports to	United States Secretary of Labor
Seat	Washington, D.C.
Appointer	The President of the United States with Senate advice and consent
Term length	No fixed term
Formation	March 4, 1913
First holder	Louis F. Post
Salary	Executive Schedule, level II
Website	www.dol.gov