self/consultant money in federal elections

A slash hybrid, not a Census occupation

LobbyVault ranks grouped employer text. self/consultant is the exact slash spelling as stored. The $4,199,109 total is those itemized individual gifts. It is not SELF EMPLOYED, not CONSULTANT as a standalone title, and not a NAICS management-consulting category.

SELF, SELF-EMPLOYED, CONSULTANT, and SELF EMPLOYED CONSULTANT without this slash sit in other rows. LobbyVault does not recode those variants into self/consultant. The FEC field records what was typed, not a standardized BLS occupation.

717 donors and 7,744 lines

717 unique donors produced 7,744 self/consultant contribution lines totaling $4,199,109. That is on the order of 11 itemized receipts per donor and a mean gift near $542. Mean per donor is about $5,856. The packet does not publish a client-industry split or a mean gift as its own FEC field.

Party share is not on the industry headline. Independent expenditures and committee PAC filings are outside the $4,199,109 unless an individual receipt itself carries this employer string. Unitemized gifts never appear.

Standalone CONSULTANT and SELF EMPLOYED stay separate

CONSULTANT, SELF EMPLOYED, and FINANCIAL CONSULTANT are separate keys. Combining them with self/consultant would invent a consulting recode. This page stays at $4,199,109 for the slash hybrid only.

Occupation pages show titles stored beside self/consultant as typed. A donor who listed a client firm name is not in these 717 people unless the receipt grouped to self/consultant.

Donor table without client inference

The self/consultant donor table lists disclosed names, amounts, and recipient committees. A large gift is a public individual contribution. LobbyVault does not attach a client list, a lobbying registration, or a motive to that line. The FEC field is not a consulting-firm roster.

Follow committees on the table for party and office. This guide does not assign a partisan percentage to the slash spelling. Coverage is itemized federal individual receipts only.

Source

Industry self/consultant; $4,199,109; 7,744 contributions; 717 donors; top employer self/consultant. Industry labels come from FEC employer/occupation self-reports, not NAICS. Data from FEC.gov via LobbyVault.

Unitemized gifts are omitted. About 11 itemized gifts per person and a mean gift near $542 are arithmetic on the packet. Cite FEC.gov via LobbyVault, not a NAICS professional-services total.

Slash self/consultant versus other self-employment keys

self/consultant keyed $4.2M from 7,744 contributions and 717 donors. SELF EMPLOYED and CONSULTANT remain other pages. The 717 unique donors are matching text, not a headcount of the consulting workforce. Occupation breakdowns list titles stored beside this hybrid.

Keep $4,199,109 on this slash spelling. FINANCIAL CONSULTANT is a different function string. The donor table lists disclosed recipients; this guide does not assign party percentages. Unitemized gifts remain omitted.

Read $4,199,109 as the slash hybrid self/consultant cluster only. The 7,744 contributions and 717 donors are matching-text counts on FEC.gov via LobbyVault. About 11 gifts per person, a mean gift near $542, and about $5,856 per donor are packet arithmetic. Unitemized gifts sit outside the $4.2M. CONSULTANT, SELF EMPLOYED, SELF-EMPLOYED, and FINANCIAL CONSULTANT remain other keys. LobbyVault does not recode those variants into this slash spelling. The FEC field is not a BLS occupation and not a NAICS professional-services total. Occupation breakdowns list titles stored beside self/consultant.

A donor who listed a client firm name is not in these 717 people unless the receipt grouped to self/consultant. The donor table lists disclosed names and committees without attaching a client list or a lobbying registration. This guide does not assign a partisan percentage to the slash. Cite FEC.gov via LobbyVault. Industry labels come from FEC employer/occupation self-reports, not NAICS. Open the self/consultant donor table for line-level detail. All industries lists other self-employment and consulting strings without merging them here. Repeat gifts among 7,744 lines are expected from 717 donors. Keep $4,199,109 on this slash spelling only. Unitemized gifts remain omitted.

Questions

How much have self/consultant-listed donors given federally?

LobbyVault attributes $4,199,109 to the self/consultant employer string, from 7,744 contributions and 717 donors. These are itemized individual receipts on FEC.gov, not a PAC and not a NAICS professional-services total. Unitemized gifts are omitted. Figures are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault.

Is this the same as CONSULTANT or SELF EMPLOYED?

No. CONSULTANT and SELF EMPLOYED are separate grouped strings. The $4.2M total is only receipts whose employer text grouped to self/consultant, including the slash. LobbyVault does not merge those variants into this row. Unitemized gifts are omitted. Cite FEC.gov via LobbyVault.

Does this include FINANCIAL CONSULTANT filers?

No. FINANCIAL CONSULTANT is a separate employer string. A receipt counted here carries the grouped text self/consultant. Staff who typed a client firm name sit in that firm row instead. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault.

How many unique donors listed self/consultant?

The rollup counts 717 donors and 7,744 contribution lines. Repeat gifts raise the receipt count. This is not a Census count of consultants. Figures are limited to the FEC string as indexed on LobbyVault; unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted.