---
type: Body
title: "Secretary of Labor"
classification: "executive-office"
chamber: "executive"
code: "EXEC-LABOR-SECRETARY"
parent: "us/executive/labor"
schedule_level: "I"
sources:
  - field: definition
    source: "5 U.S.C. § 5312 (Executive Schedule, Level I)"
confidence: official
tags: [body, executive, executive-office]
timestamp: "2026-07-03"
---

# Secretary of Labor

Cabinet-rank office (Executive Schedule Level I, 5 U.S.C. § 5312), head of the [Department of Labor](/us/executive/labor/index.md).

## Empowered by the U.S. Code

692 sections of the U.S. Code vest authority in this office. A sample:

- [2 U.S.C. § 1312](/legal/us/code/title-02/chapter-24/section-1312.md)
- [2 U.S.C. § 1313](/legal/us/code/title-02/chapter-24/section-1313.md)
- [2 U.S.C. § 1314](/legal/us/code/title-02/chapter-24/section-1314.md)
- [2 U.S.C. § 1315](/legal/us/code/title-02/chapter-24/section-1315.md)
- [2 U.S.C. § 1316](/legal/us/code/title-02/chapter-24/section-1316.md)
- [2 U.S.C. § 1341](/legal/us/code/title-02/chapter-24/section-1341.md)
- [2 U.S.C. § 1384](/legal/us/code/title-02/chapter-24/section-1384.md)
- [2 U.S.C. § 1603](/legal/us/code/title-02/chapter-26/section-1603.md)
- [2 U.S.C. § 5508](/legal/us/code/title-02/chapter-55/section-5508.md)
- [2 U.S.C. § 5512](/legal/us/code/title-02/chapter-55/section-5512.md)
- [3 U.S.C. § 19](/legal/us/code/title-03/chapter-1/section-19.md)
- [3 U.S.C. § 412](/legal/us/code/title-03/chapter-5/section-412.md)
- [3 U.S.C. § 413](/legal/us/code/title-03/chapter-5/section-413.md)
- [3 U.S.C. § 414](/legal/us/code/title-03/chapter-5/section-414.md)
- [3 U.S.C. § 415](/legal/us/code/title-03/chapter-5/section-415.md)
- [3 U.S.C. § 416](/legal/us/code/title-03/chapter-5/section-416.md)
- [3 U.S.C. § 425](/legal/us/code/title-03/chapter-5/section-425.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 3330a](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-33/section-3330a.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 3373](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-33/section-3373.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 3374](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-33/section-3374.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 3502](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-35/section-3502.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 5312](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-53/section-5312.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 5342](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-53/section-5342.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 5343](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-53/section-5343.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 5545](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-55/section-5545.md)
- …and 667 more (full set in data/section_authority_edges.jsonl)