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Below you will find links to the biographies of past BLS commissioners, which include their dates of service and the administrations served during their tenure.
              - Carroll D. Wright , January 1885–January 1905
              - Charles P. Neill , February 1905–May 1913
              - Royal Meeker , August 1913–June 1920
              - Ethelbert Stewart , June 1920–June 1932
              - Isador Lubin , July 1933–January 1946
              - Ewan Clague , August 1946–September 1965
              - Arthur Ross , October 1965–July 1968
              - Geoffrey H. Moore , March 1969–January 1973
              - Julius Shiskin , July 1973–October 1978
              - Janet L. Norwood , May 1979–December 1991
              - Katharine G. Abraham , October 1993–October 2001
              - Kathleen Utgoff , July 2002–July 2006
              - Keith Hall , January 2008–January 2012
              - Erica L. Groshen , January 2013–January 2017
              - William W. Beach , March 2019–March 2023
              - Erika McEntarfer, January 2024–present

 

Acting Commissioners serve between the departure of one Commissioner and appointment of another. This list includes:
              - G.W.W. Hanger, May 1913–August 1913
              - Charles E. Baldwin, July 1932–July 1933
              - A. Ford Hinrichs, January 1946–July 1946
              - Aryness Joy Wickens, July 1946–August 1946; June 1954–July 1955
              - Ben Burdetsky, July 1968–March 1969; January 1973–July 1973
              - William G. Barron Jr., December 1991–October 1993
              - Lois Orr, October 2001–July 2002
              - Philip Rones, July 2006–January 2008
              - John M. (Jack) Galvin, January 2012–January 2013
              - William J. Wiatrowski, January 2017–March 2019; March 2023–January 2024

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