CEO occupation totals in FEC bulk data

Scale of the CEO string

$336,009,831 is the occupation-level dollar total. 378,272 is the itemization count. 35,118 is the donor-record count. Mean contribution size is about $888. Mean dollars per donor record is about $9,568. Both sit toward the high side among common occupation labels in this extract.

The repeat rate is about 11 itemizations per donor record. That is close to several other senior-title strings and far below occupations that generate thirty or more lines per person. Frequency and dollar size are different dimensions; this bucket is heavier on dollars per line than on raw line count.

These means are not typical-check estimates. A small number of large itemizations can lift the average while most lines remain smaller. The packet does not include a distribution.

Punctuation splits the public record

C.E.O. is a different occupation page with its own facts. Donors and software that insert periods create a parallel bucket. Combining CEO and C.E.O. without showing both source totals would mix keys the FEC file kept apart. This guide cites only the CEO facts: $336,009,831, 378,272 contributions, and 35,118 donors.

Chief executive officer, founder, and president are also separate strings when that is what the donor wrote. Best-efforts rules do not force a controlled vocabulary. LobbyVault indexes the text that arrived in the bulk download.

What the donor count can and cannot do

35,118 donor records used CEO on at least one matching itemization. That is not the number of sitting chief executives in the United States, and it is not the number of unique humans after probabilistic matching. Address changes and suffix differences can split records.

A person who listed CEO on some gifts and FOUNDER on others will appear in both occupation totals for the respective lines. Occupation is stored per transaction, not as a lifetime identity field. Restated in compact millions, the occupation total is $336.0 million. That compact figure is the same headline amount as the full dollar total on this page, rounded to one decimal place in millions.

Reading the hub next to industry tables

Industry pages answer employer-category questions. A CEO in software and a CEO in manufacturing share this occupation string if they typed CEO. Adding occupation dollars to industry dollars double-counts. Use one filter at a time unless you are tracing a single row.

Open the CEO occupation page for the itemized list. Use the occupations index to see C.E.O., EXECUTIVE, PRESIDENT, and FOUNDER as separate rows with their own packet facts. Restated in compact millions, the occupation total is $336.0 million. That compact figure is the same headline amount as the full dollar total on this page, rounded to one decimal place in millions.

Source and nonpartisan use

Source: FEC Form 3/3X itemizations, occupation self-reported, indexed on LobbyVault. The three facts do not encode party. Recipient committees are a different join. Cite the numbers as disclosure totals, not as an argument about corporate political power.

Researchers comparing occupation keys should keep CEO on its own line with its own dollar, contribution, and donor facts. The occupations index is the inventory of neighboring strings. Industry pages remain an employer-side cut and should not be added to this occupation total. Unitemized receipts never carry an occupation code, so $336.0 million is itemized activity for this string in the loaded extract. Restated in compact millions, the occupation total is $336.0 million. That compact figure is the same headline amount as the full dollar total on this page, rounded to one decimal place in millions.

CEO spelling as a disclosure fork

CEO is $336.0 million on 378,272 itemizations from 35,118 donor records. C.E.O. is a parallel key with its own smaller pool and a much higher mean line. Researchers who want “all chief executive spellings” must add those keys and say which ones. This overlay does not add them. Mean amounts here are about $888 per itemization and about $9,568 per donor record.

The 35,118 donor records will overlap C.E.O. whenever the same person used both spellings on different gifts. That overlap cannot be subtracted from these facts alone. Treat CEO as an exact-string filter. Open the CEO occupation page for rows, and keep industry pages as a separate employer-side cut that will not equal $336,009,831.

Questions

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

The CEO occupation string is attached to $336,009,831 in LobbyVault’s FEC bulk index, across 378,272 contributions and 35,118 donor records. The figure is itemized occupation money, not a census of all chief executives. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total. The live hub may apply cycle filters; this packet is the harvested occupation key.

Is C.E.O. included in the CEO total?

No. C.E.O. is a separate occupation string with its own dollar, contribution, and donor facts. This page covers the CEO key only: $336,009,831, 378,272 contributions, and 35,118 donors. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total. The live hub may apply cycle filters; this packet is the harvested occupation key.

What is the average CEO contribution in this file?

Dividing $336,009,831 by 378,272 itemizations yields about $888 per contribution. Dividing by 35,118 donors yields about $9,568 per donor record. Both are means, not medians. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total. The live hub may apply cycle filters; this packet is the harvested occupation key.

Does listing CEO imply the donor ran a public company?

No. Occupation is self-reported free text. Private-company chiefs, nonprofit heads, and people using CEO loosely can all appear. The FEC record does not verify corporate form. The matching contribution count is 378,272 and the matching donor-record count is 35,118. Those three numbers are occupation-string totals from FEC Form 3/3X itemizations indexed on LobbyVault, not a licensed roster and not a party split.