2014 cycle totals for filers listing Self Employed

Reading the 2014 Self Employed intersection

Filers typed SELF EMPLOYED; committees reported the receipts to the FEC; LobbyVault grouped the itemized lines by occupation string and cycle. The 2014 group for this string is $1,480,266 on 1,429 contributions from 744 donors. That is the relationship. It is not a restatement of the occupation hub, which still totals $36,457,822.

Compare Self Employed with other titles on all occupations. Compare 2014 with other even-year windows on the cycle hub. Compare this pair with other occupation–cycle pages on all FEC ties. None of those links moves $1,480,266 onto a different occupation string. If a filer used a near-synonym, that money is not in this cell.

Self Employed as a filer-typed occupation, not a job census

The occupation-wide total for SELF EMPLOYED on this extract is $36,457,822 ($36.5 million). That figure includes every indexed cycle for the same string, not only 2014. $1,480,266 is the 2014 slice (4.1%). SELF EMPLOYED is the two-word string as typed, with a space. It is not merged with SELF, SELF-EMPLOYED, SELF EMPLOYED/OWNER, or BUSINESS OWNER. It is not a Census nonemployer total and not a NAICS sole-proprietor roll-up. People who typed a trade next to self-employment live on those other keys.

$36.5 million is a rounded form of $36,457,822. Rounding does not change the 2014 cell. If a later extract revises the occupation total, revise the occupation sentence and recompute 4.1%; do not leave $1,480,266 described as a share of a stale denominator. FEC.gov remains controlling if extracts diverge.

2014 dollars for Self Employed: $1,480,266

The 2014 value is the FEC two-year election cycle that closes on the 2014 federal election calendar. It is a reporting window on individual contribution records, not a single Election Day total and not a count of offices on the ballot. Receipts dated inside that cycle window stay here; receipts dated in another even-year cycle sit on that other join. Inside that window, Self Employed accounts for $1,480,266 on 1,429 contributions from 744 donors.

1,429 is a line count for 2014, not a count of unique contribution dates and not a count of candidates who received money. Multiple gifts on one date still add rows. Earmarks and memo entries can add rows without adding new people. That is why 744 and 1,429 are both published.

Unique-person count inside the Self Employed × 2014 filter

1,429 contributions and 744 donors describe different units. A row is an itemized receipt line. A donor is a unique person inside this occupation–cycle filter as LobbyVault matches names. 1,429 divided by 744 is the mean lines per donor in this cell; $1,480,266 divided by 744 is about $1,990 per donor; $1,480,266 divided by 1,429 is about $1,036 per line. Means are not medians. Large gifts pull the mean up. The packet does not publish a median.

Committee identity is not in these four facts. 744 people gave $1,480,266 through whatever recipient committees appear on the underlying rows. Listing those committees requires the occupation or cycle hub, not this snapshot. Do not fill that gap with a party adjective.

A complete citation names occupation SELF EMPLOYED, cycle 2014, dollars $1,480,266, contribution lines 1,429, and unique donors 744. Omitting the occupation string makes the cycle look occupation-wide. Omitting the cycle makes the occupation hub look like a single-year figure. Omitting the donor count invites a reader to treat 1,429 as people. Keep all five tokens.

Public records, not a bloc or a motive

This page is not a claim that donations fund federal spending. FEC individual contributions and USAspending awards are different datasets. The join here is occupation × cycle inside FEC.gov only. It is not a ranking of occupations, not medical or political advice, and not a statement that Self Employed as a profession acted in concert in 2014.

Searchers who want a candidate list, a party split, or an employer list need other LobbyVault tables. This join’s facts do not include those cuts. Inventing them would break the packet contract. Keep the sentence to occupation, cycle, dollars, rows, and donors.

Questions

How much did Self Employed filers give in the 2014 FEC cycle?

Itemized individual contributions with occupation SELF EMPLOYED total $1,480,266 in the 2014 FEC cycle. LobbyVault counts 1,429 contributions and 744 unique donors in that cell. The occupation-wide total for the same string on this extract is $36,457,822, so 2014 is 4.1% of that roll-up. Figures come from FEC.gov aggregates. Labels are filer-entered.

Is $1,480,266 the full Self Employed occupation total?

No. $1,480,266 is the 2014 slice only. The occupation hub still shows $36,457,822 across the extract. This page is a join: occupation string plus even-year cycle. It is not a restatement of Self Employed donations and not a restatement of 2014 election cycle. Adding other cycles here would invent dollars the packet does not list.

How many Self Employed donors are in the 2014 cell?

The join lists 744 unique donors and 1,429 contribution lines for SELF EMPLOYED in 2014. A person can give more than once, so lines exceed donors. About $1,990 per donor and $1,036 per line are means from $1,480,266, not medians and not typical gifts. Name matching can split or merge people. This is not a job-census headcount.

Does Self Employed include nearby job titles in 2014?

No. The filter is the exact occupation string SELF EMPLOYED as filers typed it. Nearby titles stay on other keys listed under all occupations. The string is not a NAICS code, not a BLS occupation, and not a PAC. See Self Employed donations for this key’s all-cycle table and all FEC ties for other joins. Cite FEC.gov.