William W. Beach, who was assumed office on March 28, 2019 Dr. William Beach was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 13, 2019. William Beach's Senate Confirmation. Erica Groshen, who 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. William Wiatrowski, Deputy Commissioner of the BLS, was serving as Acting Commissioner until the next commissioner, William Beach was sworn in. Commissioners Commissioners of Labor Statistics (1885 to present): Statistical reporting Statistics published by the BLS fall into four main categories: Prices U.S. Consumer Price Index Producer Price Index U.S. Import and Export Price Indices Consumer Expenditure Survey Employment and unemployment Current Population Survey (The "Household Survey") The American Time Use Survey Current Employment Statistics (The "Establishment Survey") Payroll Employment JOLTS report - Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey Economic geography Salary Data Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) List of U.S. states by unemployment rate Current Employment Statistics State and Area program The Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) The Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) The Business Employment Dynamics (BED) program Ten year occupational employment projections Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, called OES until recently Mass Layoff Statistics--discontinued in 2013 Compensation and working conditions National Compensation Survey Employment Cost Index Workplace Injury and Fatality Statistics Productivity Labor productivity, aggregate and by industry Multifactor productivity State labor productivity Statistical regions Data produced by the BLS is often categorized into groups of states known as Census Regions. There are four Census Regions, which are further categorized by Census Division as follows: Northeast Region New England Division: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. Middle Atlantic Division: New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania. South Region South Atlantic Division: Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia. East South Central Division: Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Tennessee. West South Central Division: Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas. Midwest Region East North Central Division: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin. West North Central Division: Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota. West Region Mountain Division: Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming. Pacific Division: Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington. See also Alternative employment arrangements Bureau of Economic Analysis Career Guide to Industries Data.gov