SELF-EMPLOYED as FEC occupation text

A status label with ordinary means

191,206 itemizations against $50,537,459 implies about $264 per contribution. 10,640 donor records imply about $4,750 per donor and about 18 contributions per donor record. The shape looks like other mid-frequency labels, not like the concentrated FOUNDER key.

OWNER, BUSINESS OWNER, and CONSULTANT are neighboring titles people might have used instead. Those keys are not included in $50,537,459. A donor who switched phrases across gifts appears in more than one occupation total.

Hyphenation matters. Self employed without a hyphen may live in another key if it did not normalize to SELF-EMPLOYED.

What the phrase hides

Self-employed is how many people fill a short form when they have no employer name. The FEC occupation box then carries status rather than craft. Best-efforts rules still apply; the committee recorded the words it received.

Employer on these rows is often “self,” none, or a personal business name. Employer is not one of the three packet facts. Industry pages will not equal this occupation total.

Donor records as a mixed pool

10,640 is a contributor-record count, not a census of U.S. sole proprietors. Address variants can split people. The label mixes high-income independent professionals with small operators because the field does not encode revenue.

Do not read the $50,537,459 as a small-business bloc. Recipient party and office are other FEC fields. Restated in compact millions, the occupation total is $50.5 million. That compact figure is the same headline amount as the full dollar total on this page, rounded to one decimal place in millions.

Using the hub

Cite $50,537,459, 191,206 contributions, and 10,640 donors. Open the SELF-EMPLOYED occupation page for rows. Use the occupations index to compare OWNER and BUSINESS OWNER as separate keys.

Source: Form 3/3X itemizations indexed on LobbyVault. Unitemized receipts are omitted. Harvested facts have no cycle year. Restated in compact millions, the occupation total is $50.5 million. That compact figure is the same headline amount as the full dollar total on this page, rounded to one decimal place in millions.

Limits

Live filters may change displayed sums. These three numbers do not measure Schedule C tax filers or gig-platform employment. They are occupation-string totals on itemized receipts.

Researchers comparing occupation keys should keep SELF-EMPLOYED 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 $50.5 million is itemized activity for this string in the loaded extract. Restated in compact millions, the occupation total is $50.5 million. That compact figure is the same headline amount as the full dollar total on this page, rounded to one decimal place in millions.

SELF-EMPLOYED as status, not craft

SELF-EMPLOYED is $50.5 million on 191,206 itemizations from 10,640 donor records. Mean amounts are about $264 per itemization and about $4,750 per donor record, with about 18 itemizations per donor. The phrase says how the person relates to an employer, not what they do. OWNER and BUSINESS OWNER remain separate proprietor strings.

Self employed without a hyphen may live in another key. Employer on these rows is often “self.” That employer text is not one of the three packet facts. 10,640 is not a sole-proprietor census and does not encode revenue. Industry pages will not equal $50,537,459. Cite occupation SELF-EMPLOYED as status text on itemized Form 3/3X receipts. SELF-EMPLOYED tells the form there was no outside employer name, not what the person makes or sells. Ten thousand six hundred forty donor records and 191,206 itemizations produced $50.5 million. OWNER and BUSINESS OWNER are the proprietor-title neighbors. Revenue is not encoded. Industry pages will not match. Cite the status phrase as filed on Form 3/3X itemizations.

Questions

How much have SELF-EMPLOYED donors given?

Occupation SELF-EMPLOYED is attached to $50,537,459 in LobbyVault’s FEC bulk index, from 191,206 contributions and 10,640 donor records. OWNER and BUSINESS OWNER are separate strings. 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 kind of work does SELF-EMPLOYED include?

The field does not say. It is an employment-status phrase. Craft, sector, and firm size are not encoded. $50,537,459 is the string total only. The matching contribution count is 191,206 and the matching donor-record count is 10,640. 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.

Is SELF-EMPLOYED the same as OWNER?

No. They are different occupation keys. This page covers SELF-EMPLOYED only: $50,537,459, 191,206 contributions, and 10,640 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 SELF-EMPLOYED contribution?

$50,537,459 divided by 191,206 itemizations is about $264 per contribution. Divided by 10,640 donors, the mean is about $4,750 per donor record. 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.