Editing Bureau of Labor Statistics (section)

==History==
{{see also|United States labor law}}
The Bureau of Labor was established within the [[United States Department of the Interior|Department of the Interior]] on June 27, 1884, to collect information about employment and labor. Its creation under the Bureau of Labor Act (23 Stat. 60) stemmed from the findings of U.S. Senator [[Henry W. Blair]]'s "Labor and Capital Hearings", which examined labor issues and working conditions in the U.S.<ref>GB McKinney, ''Henry W. Blair's Campaign to Reform America: From the Civil War to the U.S'' (2012) 110-111</ref> Statistician [[Carroll D. Wright]] became the first U.S. Commissioner of Labor in 1885, a position he held until 1905. The Bureau's placement within the federal government structure changed three times in the first 29 years following its formation. It was made an independent (sub-Cabinet) department by the Department of Labor Act (25 Stat. 182) on June 13, 1888. The Bureau was then incorporated into the [[United States Department of Commerce and Labor|Department of Commerce and Labor]] by the Department of Commerce Act (32 Stat. 827) on February 14, 1903. Finally, it was transferred under the [[United States Department of Labor|Department of Labor]] in 1913, where it resides today.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/257.html|title=Records of the Bureau of Labor Statistics [BLS]|date=2016-08-15|newspaper=National Archives|access-date=2017-02-23|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170224052052/https://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/257.html|archive-date=2017-02-24}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bls.gov/bls/history/home.htm|title=Overview : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics|website=www.bls.gov|language=en-us|access-date=2017-02-23|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170223130902/https://www.bls.gov/bls/history/home.htm|archive-date=2017-02-23}}</ref> Starting in 1992, BLS was headquartered in the [[Postal Square Building]] near [[Washington Union Station]]. During 2024, BLS headquarters were moved to the Suitland Federal Center in [[Suitland, Maryland]], into the same facility that houses the [[Bureau of the Census]] headquarters.

Since 1915, the BLS has published the ''[[Monthly Labor Review]]'', a journal focused on the data and methodologies of labor statistics.

The BLS is headed by a commissioner who serves a four-year term from the date he or she takes office. The most recent Commissioner of Labor Statistics is [[Erika McEntarfer]], who was confirmed by the U.S. Senate for the office on January 11, 2024.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.bls.gov/bls/senior_staff/mcentarfer.htm |title = Dr. Erika McEntarfer, Commissioner |website = U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics|date = April 17, 2024}}</ref>  

[[Erica Groshen]] was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on January 2, 2013, and sworn in as the 14th Commissioner of Labor Statistics on January 29, 2013, for a term that ended on January 27, 2017.<ref>[http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ntquery/z?nomis:112PN0140400: Presidential Nominations, 112th Congress (011 - 2012), PN1404-112] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160102205230/http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ntquery/z?nomis:112PN0140400: |date=2016-01-02 }}, Library of Congress, thomas.loc.gov</ref><ref>[https://blogs.wsj.com/economics/tag/erica-groshen/ Senate Confirms Erica Groshen to Head Bureau of Labor Statistics] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170904212538/https://blogs.wsj.com/economics/tag/erica-groshen/ |date=2017-09-04 }}, by Jeffrey Sparshott at ''Wall Street Journal'']</ref> William Wiatrowski, Deputy Commissioner of the BLS, served as Acting Commissioner until the next commissioner, William Beach was sworn in. Beach served until January 2024, at which time he was succeeded by Erika McEntarfer.