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LAWYER

Total Donated

$105,321,940

Contributions

362,611

Unique Donors

19,031

Donors who wrote LAWYER as occupation posted $105,321,940 in itemized federal receipts in LobbyVault’s FEC.gov bulk index. Those receipts are 362,611 contributions from 19,031 donor records. LAWYER and ATTORNEY are synonyms in ordinary English and different keys in the FEC occupation column. This page does not include the ATTORNEY total. In compact form that dollar total is $105.3 million in the LobbyVault index of FEC bulk data.

Key figures

  • LAWYER occupation itemizations sum to $105,321,940 from 362,611 contributions and 19,031 donors.
  • ATTORNEY is a separate FEC occupation key and is not rolled into this total.
  • Mean amounts are about $290 per contribution and about $5,534 per donor record.
  • The title is self-reported text, not a licensed-bar match.

A second legal-title bucket

$105,321,940 is smaller than the ATTORNEY string’s total in this harvest, with a thinner donor pool: 19,031 records versus ATTORNEY’s much larger set. Across 362,611 itemizations the mean is about $290 per contribution. Across donors the mean is about $5,534 per record. About 19 contributions per donor is the repeat rate.

People choose one word or the other, or they switch across gifts. A combined “legal occupation” figure would require adding separate keys and saying so. This overlay cites only the LAWYER facts: $105,321,940, 362,611 contributions, and 19,031 donors.

Counsel, litigator, and attorney-at-law are other strings if that is what appeared after normalization. They are not in this sum.

Self-reporting, not a bar list

The FEC does not match occupation to state bars. Retired lawyers, in-house lawyers, and people who no longer practice may still type LAWYER. Practicing lawyers who wrote PARTNER or ATTORNEY land on those pages instead.

Best-efforts rules require committees to request occupation. They do not require a bar number on the receipt. Treat 19,031 as a contributor-record count, not a licensed-lawyer census.

Full analysis: LAWYER occupation giving, apart from ATTORNEY →

Questions

How much have LAWYER donors given in FEC records?
Occupation LAWYER is attached to $105,321,940 in LobbyVault’s FEC bulk index, from 362,611 contributions and 19,031 donor records. ATTORNEY is a separate string and is not included. 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.
Why are LAWYER and ATTORNEY split?
Occupation is free text. Donors type different words. The bulk file stores them as different keys. This page’s $105,321,940 is the LAWYER match only. The matching contribution count is 362,611 and the matching donor-record count is 19,031. 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.
How many lawyer donors are in this bucket?
19,031 donor records used LAWYER on matching itemizations. That is a contributor-record count, not a bar-association roster and not a de-duplicated person list. The matching contribution count is 362,611 and the matching donor-record count is 19,031. 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.
What is the average LAWYER contribution?
$105,321,940 divided by 362,611 itemizations is about $290 per contribution. Divided by 19,031 donors, the mean is about $5,534 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.

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

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