UNKNOWN

A missing-label bucket worth $5.3M

$5,347,299 is the occupation-level dollar total. 16,748 is the itemization count. 701 is the donor-record count. Dividing dollars by lines yields about $319 per contribution. Dividing by donors yields about $7,628 per donor record. The repeat rate is about 24 itemizations per donor record.

Those means describe the UNKNOWN string only. They do not describe donors whose occupation was left blank in a way that never became the word UNKNOWN, and they do not describe N/A, NONE, or NOT PROVIDED unless those strings normalized to UNKNOWN. The packet has no gift-size distribution and no party split.

701 donor records is a smaller pool than many titled occupations near the same dollar band. The per-donor mean of about $7,628 is relatively high for this harvest slice. Frequency and dollar size still need all three facts quoted together.

UNKNOWN is not a job and not blank

The FEC does not assign UNKNOWN as a coded occupation. Form 3 and Form 3X collect occupation as free text on itemized Schedule A. A treasurer, vendor, or data-entry process can type UNKNOWN when the donor did not supply a title, when the title was illegible, or when the committee chose that word as a filler. FEC.gov publishes what committees reported.

BLANK, N/A, NONE, INFORMATION REQUESTED, and BEST EFFORTS — if those strings exist as separate keys — are not inside $5,347,299 unless the bulk extract normalized them to UNKNOWN. This page cites only UNKNOWN: $5,347,299, 16,748 contributions, and 701 donors. LobbyVault groups rows whose occupation field equals UNKNOWN after indexing.

Questions

How much have UNKNOWN occupation donors given in FEC records?

Itemizations that list UNKNOWN as occupation sum to $5,347,299, or $5.3M, across 16,748 contributions and 701 donor records in the LobbyVault index of FEC bulk data. UNKNOWN is a placeholder string, not a job title. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.

Does UNKNOWN mean the donor refused to give a job?

Not necessarily. Committees sometimes type UNKNOWN when the field is blank, unclear, or filled by best-efforts language. This page covers the exact string UNKNOWN: $5,347,299, 16,748 contributions, and 701 donors. Occupation is donor- or committee-typed on Form 3 and Form 3X. LobbyVault indexes exact strings from FEC.gov bulk data.

Are blank occupation rows included in UNKNOWN?

Only if they were stored as the word UNKNOWN. Blank fields and other placeholders such as N/A are separate unless the extract normalized them here. The indexed sum remains $5,347,299. Cite the three packet facts with the exact occupation string. Source: FEC.gov Form 3/3X itemizations indexed on LobbyVault.

Where do I review individual UNKNOWN occupation gifts?

The UNKNOWN occupation page lists indexed itemizations. Verify amounts on FEC.gov. The occupation total is $5,347,299. Confirm surprising amounts on the committee report at FEC.gov. Occupation matching is exact-string only. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total. Industry pages group employers, not this placeholder string.