What agent-occupation donors give in federal races

High line count on an underspecified word

$11,103,127, 60,227 itemizations, and 2,185 donor records are the occupation-level facts. Mean contribution size is about $184. Mean dollars per donor record are about $5,082. Repeat giving is about 28 itemizations per donor record.

60,227 lines from 2,185 records is a high-repeat stack for a one-word title. The $184 per-line mean is arithmetic on that volume, not a typical commission share allocated to politics.

The packet has no license type, no industry of agency, and no median gift. A few large itemizations can lift the average while most lines remain smaller.

AGENT is not REAL ESTATE AGENT

The FEC record does not verify what the donor agents. Insurance, real estate, talent, sports, and travel uses of the word can all appear. Best-efforts rules do not force a controlled vocabulary.

This page cites only $11,103,127, 60,227 contributions, and 2,185 donors. REAL ESTATE AGENT, INSURANCE AGENT, and BROKER remain other keys unless the bulk extract merged them.

Donor records and dual titles

2,185 donor records used AGENT on at least one matching itemization. Address variants split records. A person who listed AGENT on some gifts and BROKER on others will appear in both occupation totals for those lines.

Occupation is stored per transaction. LobbyVault does not infer party from the one-word title.

Industry pages do not resolve the ambiguity

Industry pages group employers. An insurance agent and a talent agent share this occupation string if they typed AGENT. Adding $11,103,127 to an industry total double-counts.

Open the AGENT occupation page for rows. Use the occupations index to place the string next to longer agent phrases.

Citation language

A usable sentence is: occupation equals AGENT, dollars equal $11,103,127, contributions equal 60,227, donors equal 2,185, sourced from FEC Form 3/3X itemizations indexed on LobbyVault.

Unitemized receipts never carry an occupation code. Quote the contribution count with the dollars so the high-repeat mean is visible.

Refunds and memo entries follow FEC presentation in the underlying schedules; this guide does not invent a fourth occupation-level fact beyond $11,103,127, 60,227 contributions, and 2,185 donors. Longer agent phrases stay on their own pages unless the extract merged them into AGENT.

Reading AGENT as a one-word catch-all

AGENT in this extract is $11,103,127 on 60,227 itemizations from 2,185 donor records, or $11.1 million in compact millions. Those dollars are itemized activity on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules indexed on LobbyVault from FEC.gov bulk data. Unitemized receipts never carry an occupation code, so they never enter the total. Refunds and memo entries follow FEC presentation in the underlying schedules. People who type real estate agent, insurance agent, or broker may sit on other occupation pages. Only the exact AGENT key is in $11,103,127.

Arithmetic means on this key are about $184 per contribution and about $5,082 per donor record, with roughly 28 itemizations per donor record. Means are not medians. The packet has no gift-size distribution and no party split. Combining AGENT with neighboring agent phrases without naming each source total changes the unit from one FEC string to a homemade cluster. 2,185 donor records on 60,227 lines is a high-repeat underspecified pool, not a licensed-agent census.

Industry pages group employer-side categories and should not be added to $11,103,127. A person who listed AGENT on some gifts and a neighboring title on others will appear in both occupation totals for the respective lines. A public-record citation that stays inside the packet is: occupation equals AGENT, dollars equal $11,103,127, contributions equal 60,227, donors equal 2,185. Candidate and committee pages hold the recipient side.

Researchers who need cycle cuts, employer text, or recipient lists should leave this guide and open the live AGENT occupation hub. This file restates harvested packet facts only. Compact millions ($11.1 million) are the same headline amount as $11,103,127, rounded to one decimal place. Keep 60,227 contributions and 2,185 donor records in any sentence that quotes the dollars, so readers can see the high-repeat underspecified pattern rather than a licensed-agent census. Exact-string matching is the method. Anything else is a different query. The occupation field is donor-supplied free text and does not name the type of agency. A citation that stays inside the packet names AGENT, $11,103,127, 60,227, and 2,185 together.

Questions

How much have agent-occupation donors given in FEC data?

The AGENT occupation string is attached to $11,103,127 across 60,227 contributions and 2,185 donor records in LobbyVault’s FEC bulk index. The figure is itemized occupation money, not a census of licensed agents. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.

Does AGENT include real estate and insurance agents?

The one-word string matches whatever donors typed. Longer phrases such as REAL ESTATE AGENT are separate keys unless the extract merged them. This page covers AGENT: $11,103,127, 60,227 contributions, and 2,185 donors. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules.

What is the average agent contribution?

Dividing $11,103,127 by 60,227 itemizations yields about $184 per contribution. Dividing by 2,185 donors yields about $5,082 per donor record. Both are means, not medians. Repeat giving is about 28 itemizations per donor record. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.

Does listing agent prove the donor holds a license?

No. Occupation is self-reported free text. The FEC record does not verify insurance, real-estate, or talent licenses. Quote 60,227 contributions and 2,185 donor records with the $11,103,127 total. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.