What builder-occupation donors give in federal races

Mid-volume trade title, a $347 mean

$9,547,759, 27,510 itemizations, and 2,046 donor records are the occupation-level facts. Mean contribution size is about $347. Mean dollars per donor record are about $4,667. Repeat giving is about 13 itemizations per donor record.

27,510 lines from 2,046 records is a mid-volume construction-title stack. The $347 per-line mean sits between high-repeat laborer keys and concentrated developer phrases.

The packet has no residential-versus-commercial split, no license field, and no median gift. A few large itemizations can lift the average.

BUILDER is not GENERAL CONTRACTOR

The FEC record does not verify a contractor license. Homebuilders, remodelers, and people using CONTRACTOR or CONSTRUCTION sit on other keys unless the extract merged them. Best-efforts rules do not force a trade taxonomy.

This page cites only $9,547,759, 27,510 contributions, and 2,046 donors. GENERAL CONTRACTOR, CONTRACTOR, and CONSTRUCTION remain other keys unless the bulk extract merged them.

Donor records and overlapping trade titles

2,046 donor records used BUILDER on at least one matching itemization. Address variants split records. A person who listed BUILDER on some gifts and CONTRACTOR on others will appear in both occupation totals for those lines.

Occupation is stored per transaction. LobbyVault does not infer party from the one-word title.

Industry pages group construction employers

Industry pages group employers. BUILDER as occupation is the donor’s trade text, not the employer-industry code. Adding $9,547,759 to an industry total double-counts.

Open the BUILDER occupation page for rows. Use the occupations index to place the string next to contractor and construction titles.

Citation language

A usable sentence is: occupation equals BUILDER, dollars equal $9,547,759, contributions equal 27,510, donors equal 2,046, sourced from FEC Form 3/3X itemizations indexed on LobbyVault.

Unitemized receipts never carry an occupation code. Quote the three facts together so the mid-range mean is visible next to the headline dollars.

Refunds and memo entries follow FEC presentation in the underlying schedules; this guide does not invent a fourth occupation-level fact beyond $9,547,759, 27,510 contributions, and 2,046 donors. GENERAL CONTRACTOR stays on its own page unless the extract merged it into BUILDER.

Reading BUILDER next to contractor keys

BUILDER in this extract is $9,547,759 on 27,510 itemizations from 2,046 donor records, or $9.5 million in compact millions. Those dollars are itemized activity on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules indexed on LobbyVault from FEC.gov bulk data. Unitemized receipts never carry an occupation code, so they never enter the total. Refunds and memo entries follow FEC presentation in the underlying schedules. People who type contractor, general contractor, or construction may sit on other occupation pages. Only the exact BUILDER key is in $9,547,759.

Arithmetic means on this key are about $347 per contribution and about $4,667 per donor record, with roughly 13 itemizations per donor record. Means are not medians. The packet has no gift-size distribution and no party split. Combining BUILDER with GENERAL CONTRACTOR without naming each source total changes the unit from one FEC string to a homemade cluster. 2,046 donor records on 27,510 lines is a mid-volume trade pool, not a license census.

Industry pages group employer-side categories and should not be added to $9,547,759. A person who listed BUILDER on some gifts and a neighboring title on others will appear in both occupation totals for the respective lines. A public-record citation that stays inside the packet is: occupation equals BUILDER, dollars equal $9,547,759, contributions equal 27,510, donors equal 2,046. Candidate and committee pages hold the recipient side.

Researchers who need cycle cuts, employer text, or recipient lists should leave this guide and open the live BUILDER occupation hub. This file restates harvested packet facts only. Compact millions ($9.5 million) are the same headline amount as $9,547,759, rounded to one decimal place. Keep 27,510 contributions and 2,046 donor records in any sentence that quotes the dollars, so readers can see the mid-volume trade title separately from GENERAL CONTRACTOR. Exact-string matching is the method. Anything else is a different query. The occupation field is donor-supplied free text, not a contractor license. A citation that stays inside the packet names BUILDER, $9,547,759, 27,510, and 2,046 together.

Questions

How much have builder-occupation donors given in FEC data?

The BUILDER occupation string is attached to $9,547,759 across 27,510 contributions and 2,046 donor records in LobbyVault’s FEC bulk index. The figure is itemized occupation money, not a census of licensed builders. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.

Does BUILDER include general contractor filings?

Only if the bulk extract normalized that phrase here. Otherwise GENERAL CONTRACTOR is a separate key. This page covers BUILDER: $9,547,759, 27,510 contributions, and 2,046 donors. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.

What is the average builder contribution?

Dividing $9,547,759 by 27,510 itemizations yields about $347 per contribution. Dividing by 2,046 donors yields about $4,667 per donor record. Both are means, not medians. Repeat giving is about 13 itemizations per donor record. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.

Does listing builder prove a contractor license?

No. Occupation is self-reported free text. The FEC record does not verify licenses or project type. Quote 27,510 contributions and 2,046 donor records with the $9,547,759 total. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.