What physicist-occupation donors give in federal races

Small science pool, high repeat

$9,957,534, 35,002 itemizations, and 996 donor records are the occupation-level facts. Mean contribution size is about $285. Mean dollars per donor record are about $9,997. Repeat giving is about 35 itemizations per donor record.

35,002 lines from 996 records is a high-repeat pattern: a compact science pool generating many schedules. The per-donor mean of about $9,997 is arithmetic on that compact set, not a typical research stipend redirected to politics.

The packet has no subfield, no lab-versus-university split, and no median gift. A few large itemizations can lift the average.

PHYSICIST is not SCIENTIST

The FEC record does not verify a physics degree or lab appointment. Engineers, data scientists, and people who typed SCIENTIST sit on other keys unless the extract merged them. Best-efforts rules do not force a disciplinary taxonomy.

This page cites only $9,957,534, 35,002 contributions, and 996 donors. SCIENTIST, ENGINEER, and PROFESSOR remain other keys unless the bulk extract merged them.

Donor records and dual science titles

996 donor records used PHYSICIST on at least one matching itemization. Address variants split records. A person who listed PHYSICIST on some gifts and PROFESSOR on others will appear in both occupation totals for those lines.

Occupation is stored per transaction. LobbyVault does not infer party from the science title.

Industry pages group labs and universities

Industry pages group employers. A national-lab physicist and a university physicist share this occupation string if they typed PHYSICIST. Adding $9,957,534 to an industry total double-counts.

Open the PHYSICIST occupation page for rows. Use the occupations index to place the string next to other science titles.

Citation language

A usable sentence is: occupation equals PHYSICIST, dollars equal $9,957,534, contributions equal 35,002, donors equal 996, 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 compact, high-repeat 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 $9,957,534, 35,002 contributions, and 996 donors. Neighboring science titles stay on their own pages unless the extract merged them into PHYSICIST.

Reading PHYSICIST next to SCIENTIST and PROFESSOR

PHYSICIST in this extract is $9,957,534 on 35,002 itemizations from 996 donor records, or $10.0 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 scientist, engineer, or professor may sit on other occupation pages. Only the exact PHYSICIST key is in $9,957,534.

Arithmetic means on this key are about $285 per contribution and about $9,997 per donor record, with roughly 35 itemizations per donor record. Means are not medians. The packet has no gift-size distribution and no party split. Combining PHYSICIST with SCIENTIST without naming each source total changes the unit from one FEC string to a homemade cluster. 996 donor records on 35,002 lines is a compact high-repeat science pool, not a PhD census.

Industry pages group employer-side categories and should not be added to $9,957,534. A person who listed PHYSICIST 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 PHYSICIST, dollars equal $9,957,534, contributions equal 35,002, donors equal 996. 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 PHYSICIST occupation hub. This file restates harvested packet facts only. Compact millions ($10.0 million) are the same headline amount as $9,957,534, rounded to one decimal place. Keep 35,002 contributions and 996 donor records in any sentence that quotes the dollars, so readers can see the compact high-repeat science pool rather than a PhD census. Exact-string matching is the method. Anything else is a different query. The occupation field is donor-supplied free text, not a disciplinary roster. A citation that stays inside the packet names PHYSICIST, $9,957,534, 35,002, and 996 together.

Questions

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

The PHYSICIST occupation string is attached to $9,957,534 across 35,002 contributions and 996 donor records in LobbyVault’s FEC bulk index. The figure is itemized occupation money, not a census of working physicists. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.

Does PHYSICIST include scientist and professor filings?

Only if the bulk extract normalized those words here. Otherwise SCIENTIST and PROFESSOR are separate keys. This page covers PHYSICIST: $9,957,534, 35,002 contributions, and 996 donors. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.

What is the average physicist contribution?

Dividing $9,957,534 by 35,002 itemizations yields about $285 per contribution. Dividing by 996 donors yields about $9,997 per donor record. Both are means, not medians. Repeat giving is about 35 itemizations per donor record. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.

Does listing physicist prove a physics degree?

No. Occupation is self-reported free text. The FEC record does not verify degrees or lab appointments. Quote 35,002 contributions and 996 donor records with the $9,957,534 total. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.