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BANKING

Total Donated

$9,515,899

Contributions

23,376

Unique Donors

1,544

Donors who entered BANKING as occupation account for $9,515,899 in itemized federal receipts in LobbyVault’s index of FEC.gov files. That sum sits on 23,376 contributions from 1,544 donor records. Banking here is an industry-as-occupation word, stored separately from BANKER if that job-rank key did not normalize here. In compact millions the occupation total is $9.5 million.

Key figures

  • BANKING occupation itemizations sum to $9,515,899 from 23,376 contributions and 1,544 donors.
  • Mean amounts are about $407 per contribution and about $6,163 per donor record.
  • The field word is stored separately from BANKER unless the extract merged them.
  • Industry pages are a separate employer-side cut and should not be added to this total.

Field word with a $407 mean gift

$9,515,899, 23,376 itemizations, and 1,544 donor records are the occupation-level facts. Mean contribution size is about $407. Mean dollars per donor record are about $6,163. Repeat giving is about 15 itemizations per donor record.

23,376 lines from 1,544 records is a mid-volume field-label stack. The $407 per-line mean sits near other industry-as-occupation words, not with concentrated partner titles.

The packet has no retail-versus-investment split, no title rank, and no median gift. A few large itemizations can lift the average.

BANKING is not BANKER

The FEC record does not verify that the donor works at a bank. Operations staff, retirees, and people describing an industry can all type BANKING. Best-efforts rules do not force a controlled vocabulary.

This page cites only $9,515,899, 23,376 contributions, and 1,544 donors. BANKER and INVESTMENT BANKER remain other keys unless the bulk extract merged them.

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Questions

How much have banking-occupation donors given in FEC data?
The BANKING occupation string is attached to $9,515,899 across 23,376 contributions and 1,544 donor records in LobbyVault’s FEC bulk index. The figure is itemized occupation money, not a census of bank employees. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.
Does BANKING include banker filings?
Only if the bulk extract normalized BANKER to this word. Otherwise BANKER is a separate key. This page covers BANKING: $9,515,899, 23,376 contributions, and 1,544 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 banking-occupation contribution?
Dividing $9,515,899 by 23,376 itemizations yields about $407 per contribution. Dividing by 1,544 donors yields about $6,163 per donor record. Both are means, not medians. Repeat giving is about 15 itemizations per donor record. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.
Does listing banking prove the donor works at a bank?
No. Occupation is self-reported free text. The FEC record does not verify employer. Quote 23,376 contributions and 1,544 donor records with the $9,515,899 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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