Jessica Looman is an American attorney and government official who served as the administrator of the Wage and Hour Division from 2021 to 2025.
Looman earned a Bachelor of Art degree in politics and government from George Washington University and a Juris Doctor from the University of Minnesota Law School.
[1] From 2001 to 2011, Looman worked as the general counsel for the Laborers District Council of Minnesota and North Dakota.
She worked as the executive director of the Minnesota State Building and Construction Trades Council from 2017 to 2021 and joined the United States Department of Labor in 2021 as the principal deputy administrator of the Wage and Hour Division.
[3][4] After David Weil's nomination for administrator was defeated, President Biden nominated Looman instead to the position; she was confirmed by the Senate in October 2023.