Surgeon itemized contributions in the 2014 cycle

What $1,495,044 measures in this occupation–cycle cell

$1,495,044 is the sum of itemized individual contributions whose occupation field matches SURGEON and whose cycle equals 2014. 2,230 is the count of those rows. 1,175 is the unique-donor count inside the same filter. Dividing dollars by donors yields about $1,272 per donor in this cell; dividing by rows yields about $670 per contribution line. Those ratios are arithmetic on the packet. They are not typical-gift surveys and not median gifts.

Do not add $1,495,044 to another cycle and call the sum the occupation total unless you are rebuilding the extract. The occupation-wide figure is already published as $18,386,780. Do not subtract $1,495,044 from a cycle-wide FEC total and treat the remainder as “everyone else” without naming that other extract. The live tables are Surgeon donations and 2014 election cycle. This prose is a snapshot of the join.

What the string SURGEON includes — and excludes

The occupation-wide total for SURGEON on this extract is $18,386,780 ($18.4 million). That figure includes every indexed cycle for the same string, not only 2014. $1,495,044 is the 2014 slice (8.1%). SURGEON is the exact occupation string on the itemized receipt. Orthopaedic, plastic, oral, and other specialty spellings stay on their own occupation pages. This join does not recode those specialties into SURGEON, and it does not stand in for every physician who operates.

1,175 donors in 2014 is not the occupation’s unique-person count across years. Repeat givers can appear in several cycles; the occupation hub and this join use different filters. $18,386,780 can therefore move when later cycles are added to the extract even if the 2014 cell is unchanged. Quote the occupation total and the cycle total as two sentences.

The 2014 reporting window, not a single Election Day

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, Surgeon accounts for $1,495,044 on 2,230 contributions from 1,175 donors.

Presidential-year versus midterm labels describe the federal calendar. They do not appear as extra dollar fields in this packet. The facts are 2014, $1,495,044, 2,230, and 1,175. Do not import turnout, ad-spend, or independent-expenditure totals into this cell. Those are other schedules and other datasets.

Why 2,230 contributions is not 1,175 people twice

2,230 contributions and 1,175 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. 2,230 divided by 1,175 is the mean lines per donor in this cell; $1,495,044 divided by 1,175 is about $1,272 per donor; $1,495,044 divided by 2,230 is about $670 per line. Means are not medians. Large gifts pull the mean up. The packet does not publish a median.

Joint fundraising, partnership attributions, and spouses who each file can inflate rows faster than donors. That pattern is normal in FEC itemizations. It is not evidence of a scheme. Quote both integers: 2,230 lines, 1,175 donors, $1,495,044 dollars, cycle 2014, occupation SURGEON.

Limits of a filer-typed occupation in 2014

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 Surgeon as a profession acted in concert in 2014.

Correlation across years is not in this packet. This file does not publish a 2014 versus prior-cycle change because a second cycle total is not in the facts. If you need a time series, open other occupation–cycle ties individually and keep each cell labeled. Do not subtract a number you do not have.

Questions

What is the 2014 total for occupation SURGEON?

Itemized individual contributions with occupation SURGEON total $1,495,044 in the 2014 FEC cycle. LobbyVault counts 2,230 contributions and 1,175 unique donors in that cell. The occupation-wide total for the same string on this extract is $18,386,780, so 2014 is 8.1% of that roll-up. Figures come from FEC.gov aggregates. Labels are filer-entered.

Does the 2014 figure include every cycle for Surgeon?

No. $1,495,044 is the 2014 slice only. The occupation hub still shows $18,386,780 across the extract. This page is a join: occupation string plus even-year cycle. It is not a restatement of Surgeon donations and not a restatement of 2014 election cycle. Adding other cycles here would invent dollars the packet does not list.

Are 2,230 contributions the same as unique people?

The join lists 1,175 unique donors and 2,230 contribution lines for SURGEON in 2014. A person can give more than once, so lines exceed donors. About $1,272 per donor and $670 per line are means from $1,495,044, not medians and not typical gifts. Name matching can split or merge people. This is not a job-census headcount.

Are similar occupation strings merged into SURGEON?

No. The filter is the exact occupation string SURGEON 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 Surgeon donations for this key’s all-cycle table and all FEC ties for other joins. Cite FEC.gov.