SELF-EMP money in federal elections

A truncated hyphen stamp, not a self-employment recode

Two hundred six unique donors produced 5,860 contributions totaling $3,305,092. About 28 itemized gifts per person and a mean gift near $564 describe the arithmetic — a higher mean gift than several payroll-heavy employer stamps near this dollar band. SELF-EMPLOYED spelled out, SELF EMPLOYED without a hyphen, SELF-EMP. with a period, and BUSINESS OWNER can exist as other keys. They are not inside $3,305,092 unless they grouped to SELF-EMP.

Top employer matches SELF-EMP. The FEC field records what was typed, not a Census self-employment category covering every sole proprietor. LobbyVault does not recode SELF-EMPLOYED into this truncated stamp. Researchers who want a combined self-employment family must recode after export. Two hundred six unique people is among the narrower rosters in this packet wave.

206 donors and 5,860 lines

5,860 lines from 206 people is a moderate receipt pattern relative to the dollar total. Mean per donor is about $16,044 — among the higher per-person means in this packet wave, driven by fewer unique donors. The packet does not publish a trade split, a profession cut, or a cycle year.

Party share is not on the industry headline. Independent expenditures and association PAC filings are outside the $3,305,092 unless an individual receipt itself carries this employer string. Unitemized gifts never appear. Coverage is itemized federal individual receipts only.

SELF-EMPLOYED and BUSINESS OWNER stay separate

SELF-EMPLOYED, SELF EMPLOYED, BUSINESS OWNER, and CONSULTANT are separate employer-name or title keys. Combining them with SELF-EMP would mix a truncated abbreviation, a spelled-out hyphenated status, a spaced variant, a two-word owner stamp, and a job title. This page reports $3,305,092 for SELF-EMP only.

Occupation pages show titles stored beside the truncated stamp. OWNER, CONSULTANT, and PHYSICIAN exist as industry keys when donors put those words in the employer box instead of SELF-EMP.

Donor table without trade inference

The SELF-EMP donor table lists disclosed names, amounts, and recipient committees. A large gift is a public individual contribution. LobbyVault does not attach an EIN, a trade, or a motive to that line. People who type the truncated stamp share the string with filers who listed a legal name elsewhere. The FEC field is not a business-license file.

Follow committees on the table for party and office. This guide does not assign a partisan percentage to the truncated stamp. Repeat names among 5,860 lines from 206 people are expected. People who typed SELF-EMPLOYED are not in these 206 unless a receipt also grouped to SELF-EMP.

Source

Industry SELF-EMP; $3,305,092; 5,860 contributions; 206 donors; top employer SELF-EMP. Industry labels come from FEC employer/occupation self-reports, not NAICS. Data from FEC.gov via LobbyVault.

Unitemized gifts and association PAC documents are omitted. About 28 itemized gifts per person and a mean gift near $564 are arithmetic on the packet. Per-donor mean about $16,044 uses total divided by 206 people. Cite FEC.gov via LobbyVault, not a NAICS self-employment total.

Truncated SELF-EMP versus spelled-out SELF-EMPLOYED

SELF-EMP keyed $3.3M from 5,860 contributions and 206 donors. SELF-EMPLOYED and BUSINESS OWNER remain other keys. The 206 unique donors are matching text, not a headcount of sole proprietors. Occupation breakdowns list titles stored beside the truncated stamp.

Keep $3,305,092 on this hyphenated abbreviation. SELF EMPLOYED without a hyphen stays separate unless it grouped here. The donor table lists disclosed recipients; this guide does not assign party percentages. Unitemized gifts remain omitted.

Read $3,305,092 as the SELF-EMP cluster only. About 28 gifts per person, a mean gift near $564, and about $16,044 per donor are packet arithmetic. Fewer unique donors than several firm stamps at similar dollars raise the per-person mean; the packet does not publish a trade split. Unitemized gifts and association PAC filings sit outside the $3.3M unless an individual receipt itself carries this employer string.

LobbyVault does not recode SELF-EMPLOYED into this truncated key. The FEC field is not a NAICS all-self-employed total. Cite FEC.gov via LobbyVault. Open the SELF-EMP donor table for line-level detail. All industries lists other self-employment strings without merging them here.

Questions

How much have SELF-EMP-listed donors given federally?

LobbyVault attributes $3,305,092 to the SELF-EMP employer string, from 5,860 contributions and 206 donors. These are itemized individual receipts on FEC.gov, not a sole-proprietor PAC and not a NAICS self-employment total. Unitemized gifts are omitted. Figures are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault.

Is SELF-EMPLOYED included?

Only if those receipts grouped to the truncated SELF-EMP key. SELF-EMPLOYED and SELF EMPLOYED are separate grouped keys if filers used them. The $3.3M total is receipts whose employer text grouped to SELF-EMP. LobbyVault does not merge those variants into this row. Unitemized gifts are omitted.

Does this include people who typed BUSINESS OWNER?

No. BUSINESS OWNER is a separate employer string. A receipt counted here carries the grouped text SELF-EMP. Staff who typed only CONSULTANT are in that title row instead. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault.

How many unique donors listed SELF-EMP?

The rollup counts 206 donors and 5,860 contribution lines. Repeat gifts raise the receipt count. This is not a sole-proprietor headcount. Figures are limited to the FEC string as indexed on LobbyVault; unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted.