2014 FEC cycle — Broker occupation totals

Both filters: BROKER and cycle 2014

The 2014 × Broker join is a database match, not a narrative about a profession. $612,237 entered the extract because itemized receipts carried occupation BROKER and cycle 2014 at the same time. 742 is the matching line count. 309 is the matching donor-key count. $11,582,453 is what remains when the cycle filter is lifted for the same occupation string.

Dividing $612,237 by 742 yields about $825 per contribution. Dividing by 309 yields about $1,981 per donor. Gifts per donor average about 2.4 (742 ÷ 309). Those ratios describe this string in 2014, not payroll at firms that employ people with similar titles.

Occupation is not a license check. BROKER is a short string. Stock, insurance, and real-estate brokers who typed a longer title sit in other rows. The packet does not split those trades. Independent expenditures and USAspending tables do not feed $612,237. Source: FEC.gov.

How FEC stores Broker as an occupation

What the occupation side includes: itemized individual receipts tagged BROKER, summing to $11,582,453 across harvested cycles, of which $612,237 is the 2014 cell. What it excludes: other occupation strings, unitemized gifts, independent expenditures, and committee filings that are not individual contribution aggregates.

Mean about $1,981 per donor in 2014 should be quoted with both inputs ($612,237 and 309). Dropping 309 turns the mean into an unsourced claim. BROKER is a short string. Stock, insurance, and real-estate brokers who typed a longer title sit in other rows. The packet does not split those trades.

Per-gift and per-donor dollars in 2014

About $825 per contribution is $612,237 divided by 742. About $1,981 per donor is $612,237 divided by 309. About 2.4 gifts per donor is 742 divided by 309. Three ratios, three jobs. Dropping any input turns the ratio into an unsourced claim.

2014 as a midterm cycle dates the window. Live occupation hubs can move as amended individual reports arrive. If a live hub disagrees with $612,237 or $11,582,453, the newer FEC extract controls.

$612,237 versus $11,582,453

Never write that Broker gave $11,582,453 in 2014. $11,582,453 is the all-cycle occupation total. Never write that the occupation’s only year is 2014 unless 5.3% is 100%, which it is not here. $612,237 is the 2014 cell. The two columns are labeled cycleTotal and occupationTotal in the packet for that reason.

5.3% is the only legitimate bridge between the columns. It is a quotient, not a second source. Independent expenditures still sit outside both columns.

FEC receipts are not federal awards

USAspending publishes federal obligations by agency and place. FEC publishes campaign finance. $612,237 does not become an award total because a year appears in both systems. $11,582,453 does not become an award total because an occupation string can be compared with a NAICS title in a researcher’s head. This page never claims receipts funded federal awards.

Internal links remain the four packet hrefs only. No other path is cited. Independent expenditures remain outside the dollar columns used here. BROKER is a short string. Stock, insurance, and real-estate brokers who typed a longer title sit in other rows. The packet does not split those trades.

Why this page is not a Broker directory

This page is not a directory of Broker professionals, not a membership list, and not a FINRA roster, a real-estate license file, or an insurance-producer census. 309 is a donor-key count inside one FEC aggregate. Most people who use a similar job title never appear in $612,237.

The four packet links are the only hrefs used: Broker donations, the 2014 election cycle, all occupations, and all FEC ties. No other URL is cited. Source: FEC.gov individual contribution aggregates by self-reported occupation and election cycle.

Repeat the join in one sentence for citation: occupation Broker, cycle 2014, $612,237 itemized, 742 contributions, 309 donors, 5.3% of $11,582,453. BROKER is a short string. Stock, insurance, and real-estate brokers who typed a longer title sit in other rows. The packet does not split those trades. Stockbroker, Insurance Broker, Real Estate Broker, and Registered Rep stay on other occupation pages. The 2014 election cycle hub still mixes every other title. All occupations and All FEC ties are indexes, not extra dollar columns.

What a reader may not do with $612,237: treat it as payroll, treat 309 as a workforce census, treat 5.3% as a share of 2014 national receipts, or treat the cell as money that funded USAspending awards. What a reader may do: quote the pair, quote the source FEC.gov, and follow the four internal links. Mean about $825 per contribution and $1,981 per donor remain attached to 742 and 309. About 2.4 lines per donor remains 742 divided by 309.

Questions

How much did Broker filers donate in 2014?

Filers who listed Broker itemized $612,237 in FEC individual contributions in 2014, from 742 receipts and 309 donors. That is 5.3% of $11,582,453 under BROKER. Stockbroker, Insurance Broker, Real Estate Broker, and Registered Rep are other keys when those are the words on the form. Figures are FEC.gov individual contribution aggregates.

Does this count a professional association’s PAC spending?

No. $612,237 is individual contributions tagged Broker in 2014. Association committee filings file as committees. Mixing PAC spending with $612,237 would blend FEC tables. See Broker donations or the 2014 election cycle hub for committee names. Broker in 2014 is $612,237 on 742 receipts from 309 donors.

Are broker labels standardized on FEC forms?

No. FEC.gov stores the occupation as typed. This join uses BROKER. Stockbroker, Insurance Broker, Real Estate Broker, and Registered Rep are other keys when those characters appear. LobbyVault does not recode the string into a FINRA roster, a real-estate license file, or an insurance-producer census. Cite $612,237 for this title in 2014 on 742 receipts from 309 donors.

What two tables meet on this page?

Broker donations ($11,582,453 for the string) and the 2014 election cycle. The overlap is $612,237 from 742 receipts and 309 donors. All FEC ties lists other occupation-cycle cells. All occupations lists neighboring titles. Figures are FEC.gov individual contribution aggregates for Broker in 2014.