REAL ESTATE BROKER

Three facts behind $44,876,243

Among occupation strings in this extract, REAL ESTATE BROKER is a mid-to-high dollar label: $44,876,243 in summed amounts, 153,581 line items, and 11,039 donors. Dollars measure money posted. Contributions count each itemized transaction. Donors count distinct contributor records that used this occupation text on at least one matching line.

Dividing dollars by line items yields about $292 per contribution. Dividing by donors yields about $4,065 per donor record. Neither figure is a typical gift; both are arithmetic means over a long tail of small itemizations and a thinner set of large ones. The FEC file does not publish a median for this occupation field.

Repeat giving shows up in the ratio of itemizations to donors: roughly 14 contributions per donor record. Committees itemize each transaction that meets the reporting threshold, so frequent small gifts inflate the contribution count without changing the occupation string.

Broker is not realtor and not a NAICS code

FEC rules ask committees to report occupation using best efforts. The donor supplies the text. REAL ESTATE BROKER is stored as an exact occupation key after normalization in the bulk extract. Nearby labels such as REALTOR, REAL ESTATE, and REAL ESTATE DEVELOPER sit on other pages and are not rolled into $44,876,243.

The field is not a census of licensed brokers. Retired brokers, dual-licensed agents, and people who once held a broker credential may still type this phrase. People who broker deals may type REALTOR, OWNER, or a firm title instead. The public record is the text on the itemization, not a department of real estate roster, and not a NAICS industry code.

Questions

How much have REAL ESTATE BROKER donors given in FEC records?

Itemizations that list the occupation REAL ESTATE BROKER sum to $44,876,243 in the LobbyVault index of FEC bulk data, across 153,581 contributions and 11,039 donor records. That figure is the occupation-field total, not a count of licensed brokers and not a single election cycle unless the hub table is filtered that way.

Is REAL ESTATE BROKER the same as REALTOR in FEC data?

No. Occupation is self-reported free text. REAL ESTATE BROKER and REALTOR are stored as separate strings. Totals on this page do not include gifts where the donor wrote REALTOR, REAL ESTATE, or REAL ESTATE DEVELOPER unless that text normalized to REAL ESTATE BROKER. The matching line count is 153,581 from 11,039 donor records.

What is the average REAL ESTATE BROKER contribution?

Dividing $44,876,243 by 153,581 itemizations yields about $292 per contribution. Dividing by 11,039 donors yields about $4,065 per donor record. Both are means, not medians. Occupation is donor-typed text on Form 3/3X schedules. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.

Does this total mean brokers funded a party as a bloc?

No. The occupation column does not encode party. $44,876,243 is money on itemizations that happen to carry this occupation string. Recipient committees and candidates are separate fields in the FEC file. Cite 153,581 contributions and 11,039 donor records with the dollars when quoting the key.