Hoff was the sole employee of the Bureau of Labor Statistics and Inspector of Factories and Workshops (now the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries) when he was appointed commissioner after the bureau's creation by the state legislature on June 2, 1903.
Hoff war der einzige Mitarbeiter des Bureau of Labor Statistics and Inspector of Factories and Workshops (heute Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries, kurz BOLI), als er nach der Gründung der Behörde am 2. Juni 1903 durch die Oregon Legislative Assembly zum Oregon Commissioner of Labor ernannt wurde.