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ADVERTISING

Total Donated

$7,811,913

Contributions

27,634

Unique Donors

1,247

Donors who entered ADVERTISING as occupation account for $7,811,913 in itemized federal receipts in LobbyVault’s index of FEC.gov files. That sum sits on 27,634 contributions from 1,247 donor records. Advertising here is a one-word occupation string, not an industry NAICS rollup. In compact millions the occupation total is $7.8 million.

Key figures

  • ADVERTISING occupation itemizations sum to $7,811,913 from 27,634 contributions and 1,247 donors.
  • Mean amounts are about $283 per contribution and about $6,265 per donor record.
  • The one-word string is donor-typed Form 3/3X text, not an industry NAICS rollup.
  • Industry pages are a separate employer-side cut and should not be added to this total.

Industry word used as a job title

$7,811,913, 27,634 itemizations, and 1,247 donor records are the occupation-level facts. Mean contribution size is about $283. Mean dollars per donor record are about $6,265. Repeat giving is about 22 itemizations per donor record.

27,634 lines from 1,247 records is a high-repeat one-word stack. The $283 per-line mean is arithmetic on that volume. The packet has no media-versus-digital split, no seniority field, and no median gift.

1,247 donor records on 27,634 lines is a high-repeat one-word pool: about 22 itemizations per record. The $283 per-line mean is close to LAW PROFESSOR’s $290 even though the titles describe different work. The packet has no agency-versus-in-house split, no seniority field, and no party flag, so $7,811,913 cannot be read as an advertising-industry census.

ADVERTISING is not ADVERTISING EXECUTIVE

The FEC record does not verify that the donor works at an agency. Account managers, media buyers, freelancers, and retirees can all type ADVERTISING. Best-efforts rules do not force a controlled creative-industry vocabulary.

This page cites only $7,811,913, 27,634 contributions, and 1,247 donors. MARKETING, CONSULTING, and ADVERTISING EXECUTIVE remain other keys unless the bulk extract merged them. Combining those strings without naming each source total changes the unit from one FEC occupation to a homemade cluster.

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Questions

How much have advertising-occupation donors given in FEC data?
The ADVERTISING occupation string is attached to $7,811,913 across 27,634 contributions and 1,247 donor records in LobbyVault’s FEC bulk index. The figure is itemized occupation money, not an industry NAICS total. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.
Does ADVERTISING include marketing and consulting titles?
Only if those donors typed ADVERTISING. MARKETING and CONSULTING are separate keys unless the extract merged them. This page covers ADVERTISING: $7,811,913, 27,634 contributions, and 1,247 donors. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules.
What is the average advertising-occupation contribution?
Dividing $7,811,913 by 27,634 itemizations yields about $283 per contribution. Dividing by 1,247 donors yields about $6,265 per donor record. Both are means, not medians. Repeat giving is about 22 itemizations per donor record. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.
Does listing advertising prove agency employment?
No. Occupation is self-reported free text. The FEC record does not verify employer type. Quote 27,634 contributions and 1,247 donor records with the $7,811,913 total. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.

Occupation is self-reported on FEC Form 3/3X itemizations. Indexed on LobbyVault from FEC bulk data.

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