What broker-occupation donors give in federal races

A large donor pool on a short label

$11,582,453, 32,591 itemizations, and 2,412 donor records are the occupation-level facts. Mean contribution size is about $355. Mean dollars per donor record are about $4,802. Repeat giving is about 14 itemizations per donor record.

2,412 donor records is a wider pool than many finance ranks at this dollar band. The $355 per-line mean sits below concentrated partner titles and above high-repeat status keys that post many small gifts.

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

BROKER is not REAL ESTATE BROKER

The FEC record does not verify what the donor brokers. Stock, insurance, mortgage, and real-estate uses of the word can all appear on this key. Best-efforts rules do not force a controlled vocabulary.

This page cites only $11,582,453, 32,591 contributions, and 2,412 donors. REAL ESTATE BROKER, INSURANCE BROKER, and TRADER remain other keys unless the bulk extract merged them.

Donor records and dual titles

2,412 donor records used BROKER on at least one matching itemization. Address variants split records. A person who listed BROKER on some gifts and REALTOR 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 split by employer, not by this word

Industry pages group employers. A securities broker and an insurance broker share this occupation string if they typed BROKER. Adding $11,582,453 to an industry total double-counts.

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

Citation language

A usable sentence is: occupation equals BROKER, dollars equal $11,582,453, contributions equal 32,591, donors equal 2,412, sourced from FEC Form 3/3X itemizations indexed on LobbyVault.

Unitemized receipts never carry an occupation code. Quote the donor-record count with the dollars so the wide pool is visible.

Refunds and memo entries follow FEC presentation in the underlying schedules; this guide does not invent a fourth occupation-level fact beyond $11,582,453, 32,591 contributions, and 2,412 donors. Longer broker phrases stay on their own pages unless the extract merged them into BROKER.

Reading BROKER as an underspecified title

BROKER in this extract is $11,582,453 on 32,591 itemizations from 2,412 donor records, or $11.6 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 broker, insurance broker, or trader may sit on other occupation pages. Only the exact BROKER key is in $11,582,453.

Arithmetic means on this key are about $355 per contribution and about $4,802 per donor record, with roughly 14 itemizations per donor record. Means are not medians. The packet has no gift-size distribution and no party split. Combining BROKER with neighboring broker phrases without naming each source total changes the unit from one FEC string to a homemade cluster. 2,412 donor records on 32,591 lines is a wide, underspecified title pool, not a licensed-broker census.

Industry pages group employer-side categories and should not be added to $11,582,453. A person who listed BROKER 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 BROKER, dollars equal $11,582,453, contributions equal 32,591, donors equal 2,412. 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 BROKER occupation hub. This file restates harvested packet facts only. Compact millions ($11.6 million) are the same headline amount as $11,582,453, rounded to one decimal place. Keep 32,591 contributions and 2,412 donor records in any sentence that quotes the dollars, so readers can see the wide, underspecified title pool rather than a licensed-broker census. Exact-string matching is the method. Anything else is a different query. The occupation field is donor-supplied free text and does not say what is brokered. A citation that stays inside the packet names BROKER, $11,582,453, 32,591, and 2,412 together.

Questions

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

The BROKER occupation string is attached to $11,582,453 across 32,591 contributions and 2,412 donor records in LobbyVault’s FEC bulk index. The figure is itemized occupation money, not a census of licensed brokers. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.

Does BROKER include real estate and insurance brokers?

The one-word string matches whatever donors typed. Longer phrases such as REAL ESTATE BROKER are separate keys unless the extract merged them. This page covers BROKER: $11,582,453, 32,591 contributions, and 2,412 donors. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules.

What is the average broker contribution?

Dividing $11,582,453 by 32,591 itemizations yields about $355 per contribution. Dividing by 2,412 donors yields about $4,802 per donor record. Both are means, not medians. Repeat giving is about 14 itemizations per donor record. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.

Does listing broker prove the donor holds a license?

No. Occupation is self-reported free text. The FEC record does not verify securities, insurance, or real-estate licenses. Quote 32,591 contributions and 2,412 donor records with the $11,582,453 total. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.