Not employed/Retired money in federal elections

A slash pair, not two separate keys merged

FEC forms store Not employed/Retired when that exact pair is what the filer typed. LobbyVault does not build the row by adding NOT EMPLOYED plus RETIRED. The $3,394,652 total is itemized individual gifts whose grouped employer text matches the slash string. It is not a Social Security beneficiary file and not a Census retired-population estimate.

People who typed RETIRED, NOT EMPLOYED, Not Employed, RETIREE, or NONE sit in other rows if stored that way. LobbyVault does not recode those variants into this mixed-case pair. The FEC field is not a pension roster. Occupation pages show titles stored beside the pair.

825 donors and 11,466 lines

825 unique donors produced 11,466 Not employed/Retired contribution lines totaling $3,394,652. That is on the order of 14 itemized receipts per donor and a mean gift near $296. Mean per donor is about $4,115. Eight hundred twenty-five unique people is a wider roster than several firm stamps at similar dollars, with a lighter repeat pattern than payroll-style employer strings.

Party share is not on the industry headline. Independent expenditures and association PAC filings are outside the $3,394,652 unless an individual receipt itself carries this slash string. Unitemized gifts never appear. Coverage is federal itemized individual receipts only.

RETIRED and NOT EMPLOYED stay separate

RETIRED, NOT EMPLOYED, RETIREE, and HOMEMAKER are separate keys. Combining them with Not employed/Retired would mix a slash pair, a one-word status, a mixed-case Not Employed row, and a household-role stamp. This page stays at $3,394,652 for Not employed/Retired only.

Occupation breakdowns list titles next to the pair. Employer legal names remain other keys when donors typed a former firm instead of the slash phrase. State filings are omitted from the $3,394,652.

Donor table

The Not employed/Retired donor table lists disclosed names, amounts, and recipient committees. A large gift is a public individual contribution. LobbyVault does not infer a pension, a former employer, or a motive from the slash pair. The 825 unique-person count is not a census of retirees.

Follow committees on the table for party and office. This page does not assign a partisan percentage to the pair. Repeat names among 11,466 lines from 825 people are expected. People who typed RETIRED only are not in these 825 unless a receipt also grouped to Not employed/Retired.

Source

FEC.gov via LobbyVault: $3,394,652, 11,466 contributions, 825 donors, top employer Not employed/Retired. The ranking uses FEC employer/occupation self-reports, not NAICS. Compare other industry keys on the industry index. Use occupation pages for titles stored next to this pair.

Keep Not employed/Retired’s $3,394,652, 11,466 contributions, and 825 donors on this mixed-case slash string. RETIRED, NOT EMPLOYED, unitemized gifts, and committee PAC documents stay on their own records. The donor table lists disclosed recipients without converting the string into a retiree-population total.

Slash-pair dollars versus RETIRED and NOT EMPLOYED

Not employed/Retired is a mixed-case slash pair, not a sum of the RETIRED row plus the NOT EMPLOYED row. The $3,394,652, 11,466 lines, and 825 donors describe only receipts whose grouped text matches that pair. RETIREE, HOMEMAKER, and NONE remain other keys.

About 14 receipts per person is a lighter repeat pattern than payroll-style employer strings near this dollar band. Unitemized gifts and association PAC filings stay out. The packet does not split former occupations and does not certify a pension.

Occupation pages show titles stored beside the slash pair. The industry index ranks other employment-status strings separately. Follow the donor table for disclosed recipients. This page does not assign a partisan percentage to Not employed/Retired. Source: FEC.gov via LobbyVault.

Keep Not employed/Retired’s 825 donors and 11,466 lines on the mixed-case slash pair. RETIRED and NOT EMPLOYED remain other keys. The donor table lists disclosed recipients for the $3,394,652 only. About 14 gifts per person, a mean gift near $296, and about $4,115 per donor are packet arithmetic. Cite FEC.gov via LobbyVault. Industry labels come from FEC employer/occupation self-reports, not NAICS.

Questions

How much have Not employed/Retired-listed donors given federally?

LobbyVault attributes $3,394,652 to the Not employed/Retired employer string, from 11,466 contributions and 825 donors. These are itemized individual receipts, not a retiree PAC and not a Census retiree total. Unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault.

Is this the same as the RETIRED or NOT EMPLOYED rows?

No. Not employed/Retired is a distinct slash-joined pair as stored, including mixed case. RETIRED and NOT EMPLOYED are separate keys if stored that way. LobbyVault does not add those rows into this total. Figures are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault.

Does this include people who listed a former employer?

Only if the grouped employer text is Not employed/Retired. Former-firm legal names are separate keys if stored that way. A receipt counted here carries the slash pair. People who typed RETIRED only sit in that other row. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault.

How many unique donors listed Not employed/Retired?

The rollup counts 825 donors and 11,466 contribution lines. Repeat gifts raise the receipt count. This is not a census of retirees. Figures are limited to the FEC string as indexed on LobbyVault; unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted.