What computer-programmer donors give in federal races

Fewer donors than PROGRAMMER, similar per-line mean

$10,364,545, 60,398 itemizations, and 1,387 donor records are the occupation-level facts. Mean contribution size is about $172. Mean dollars per donor record are about $7,473. Repeat giving is about 44 itemizations per donor record.

60,398 lines from 1,387 records is a high-repeat computing-title stack: even more itemizations per donor record than many one-word tech keys. The $172 per-line mean is arithmetic on that volume.

The packet has no language, seniority, or employer field. A few large itemizations can lift the average while most lines remain smaller.

COMPUTER PROGRAMMER is not PROGRAMMER

The FEC record does not verify that the donor writes code. Students, retirees, and people using a related computing title can sit on other keys. Best-efforts rules do not force a SOC taxonomy.

This page cites only $10,364,545, 60,398 contributions, and 1,387 donors. PROGRAMMER, SOFTWARE ENGINEER, and SOFTWARE DEVELOPER remain other keys unless the bulk extract merged them.

Donor records and dual computing titles

1,387 donor records used COMPUTER PROGRAMMER on at least one matching itemization. Address variants split records. A person who listed COMPUTER PROGRAMMER on some gifts and PROGRAMMER on others will appear in both occupation totals for those lines.

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

Industry pages group tech employers

Industry pages group employers. A programmer at a bank and a programmer at a studio share this occupation string if they typed COMPUTER PROGRAMMER. Adding $10,364,545 to an industry total double-counts.

Open the COMPUTER PROGRAMMER occupation page for rows. Use the occupations index to place the phrase next to PROGRAMMER and other computing titles.

Citation language

A usable sentence is: occupation equals COMPUTER PROGRAMMER, dollars equal $10,364,545, contributions equal 60,398, donors equal 1,387, sourced from FEC Form 3/3X itemizations indexed on LobbyVault.

Unitemized receipts never carry an occupation code. Quote the contribution count with the dollars so the high-repeat mean is visible.

Refunds and memo entries follow FEC presentation in the underlying schedules; this guide does not invent a fourth occupation-level fact beyond $10,364,545, 60,398 contributions, and 1,387 donors. The shorter PROGRAMMER key stays on its own page unless the extract merged it into COMPUTER PROGRAMMER.

Reading the two-word computing title next to PROGRAMMER

COMPUTER PROGRAMMER in this extract is $10,364,545 on 60,398 itemizations from 1,387 donor records, or $10.4 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 programmer, software engineer, or developer may sit on other occupation pages. Only the exact COMPUTER PROGRAMMER key is in $10,364,545.

Arithmetic means on this key are about $172 per contribution and about $7,473 per donor record, with roughly 44 itemizations per donor record. Means are not medians. The packet has no gift-size distribution and no party split. Combining COMPUTER PROGRAMMER with PROGRAMMER without naming each source total changes the unit from one FEC string to a homemade cluster. 1,387 donor records on 60,398 lines is a high-repeat two-word pool, not a software-worker census.

Industry pages group employer-side categories and should not be added to $10,364,545. A person who listed COMPUTER PROGRAMMER 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 COMPUTER PROGRAMMER, dollars equal $10,364,545, contributions equal 60,398, donors equal 1,387. 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 COMPUTER PROGRAMMER occupation hub. This file restates harvested packet facts only. Compact millions ($10.4 million) are the same headline amount as $10,364,545, rounded to one decimal place. Keep 60,398 contributions and 1,387 donor records in any sentence that quotes the dollars, so readers can see the high-repeat two-word computing stack separately from PROGRAMMER. Exact-string matching is the method. Anything else is a different query. The occupation field is donor-supplied free text, not a SOC code. A citation that stays inside the packet names COMPUTER PROGRAMMER, $10,364,545, 60,398, and 1,387 together.

Questions

How much have computer-programmer donors given in FEC data?

The COMPUTER PROGRAMMER occupation string is attached to $10,364,545 across 60,398 contributions and 1,387 donor records in LobbyVault’s FEC bulk index. The figure is itemized occupation money, not a census of working programmers. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.

Does COMPUTER PROGRAMMER include the shorter PROGRAMMER key?

Only if the bulk extract normalized PROGRAMMER to this phrase. Otherwise PROGRAMMER is a separate key. This page covers COMPUTER PROGRAMMER: $10,364,545, 60,398 contributions, and 1,387 donors. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules.

What is the average computer-programmer contribution?

Dividing $10,364,545 by 60,398 itemizations yields about $172 per contribution. Dividing by 1,387 donors yields about $7,473 per donor record. Both are means, not medians. Repeat giving is about 44 itemizations per donor record. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.

Does listing computer programmer prove the donor writes software?

No. Occupation is self-reported free text. The FEC record does not verify job duties. Quote 60,398 contributions and 1,387 donor records with the $10,364,545 total. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.