Back وزير التجارة (الولايات المتحدة) Arabic Secretari de Comerç dels Estats Units Catalan وەزیری بازرگانیی ویلایەتە یەکگرتووەکان CKB Usona Sekretario de Komerco Esperanto Secretario de Comercio de los Estados Unidos Spanish Ameerika Ühendriikide kaubandusminister Estonian وزیر بازرگانی ایالات متحده آمریکا Persian Yhdysvaltain kauppaministeri Finnish Secrétaire au Commerce des États-Unis French מזכיר המסחר של ארצות הברית HE

United States Secretary of Commerce

United States Secretary of Commerce
Seal of the U.S. Department of Commerce
Flag of the secretary
Incumbent
Gina Raimondo
since March 3, 2021
United States Department of Commerce
StyleMadam Secretary (informal)
The Honorable (formal)
Member ofCabinet
Reports toPresident of the United States
SeatHerbert C. Hoover Building, Washington, D.C.
AppointerPresident of the United States
with United States Senate advice and consent
Term lengthNo fixed term
Constituting instrument15 U.S.C. § 1501
PrecursorSecretary of Commerce and Labor
FormationMarch 5, 1913 (1913-03-05)
First holderWilliam C. Redfield
SuccessionTenth[1]
DeputyDeputy Secretary of Commerce
SalaryExecutive Schedule, Level I
WebsiteCommerce.gov
The Commerce Secretary's office as it looked in the mid-20th century.

The United States secretary of commerce (SecCom) is the head of the United States Department of Commerce. The secretary serves as the principal advisor to the president of the United States on all matters relating to commerce. The secretary reports directly to the president and is a statutory member of Cabinet of the United States. The secretary is appointed by the president, with the advice and consent of the United States Senate. The secretary of commerce is concerned with promoting American businesses and industries; the department states its mission to be "to foster, promote, and develop the foreign and domestic commerce".[2]

Until 1913, there was one secretary of commerce and labor, uniting this department with the United States Department of Labor, which is now headed by a separate United States secretary of labor.[3]

Secretary of Commerce is a Level I position in the Executive Schedule[4] with an annual salary of US$221,400, as of January 2021.[5]

The current secretary of commerce is former Governor of Rhode Island Gina Raimondo, who was sworn in on March 3, 2021.

  1. ^ 3 U.S.C. § 19
  2. ^ "US Department of Commerce, Directives Management Program". Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved September 22, 2007.
  3. ^ "Milestones". U.S. Department of Commerce. Archived from the original on October 15, 2011. Retrieved October 2, 2011.
  4. ^ 5 U.S.C. § 5312
  5. ^ "Salary Table No. 2021-EX Rates of Basic Pay for the Executive Schedule (EX)" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on January 23, 2021.

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