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 | |
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| United States Department of Commerce | |
| Style | Mr. Secretary (informal) The Honorable (formal) |
| Member of | Cabinet |
| Reports to | President of the United States |
| Seat | Herbert C. Hoover Building, Washington, D.C. |
| Appointer | President of the United States with United States Senate advice and consent |
| Term length | No fixed term |
| Constituting instrument | 15 U.S.C. § 1501 |
| Precursor | Secretary of Commerce and Labor |
| Formation | March 5, 1913 |
| First holder | William C. Redfield |
| Succession | Tenth[1] |
| Deputy | Deputy Secretary of Commerce |
| Salary | Executive Schedule, Level I |
| Website | Commerce.gov |
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 the 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 responsible for promoting American businesses and industries. The department states its mission as 'to foster, promote, and develop the foreign and domestic commerce of the United States'.[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]
The 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 Howard Lutnick.[6]
- ^ 3 U.S.C. § 19
- ^ "US Department of Commerce, Directives Management Program". Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved September 22, 2007.
- ^ "Milestones". U.S. Department of Commerce. Archived from the original on October 15, 2011. Retrieved October 2, 2011.
- ^ 5 U.S.C. § 5312
- ^ "Salary Table No. 2021-EX Rates of Basic Pay for the Executive Schedule (EX)" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on January 23, 2021.
- ^ Rappeport, Alan (February 18, 2025). "Senate Confirms Howard Lutnick as Commerce Secretary". The New York Times. Retrieved February 19, 2025.