What general-contractor occupation donors give in federal races

Mid-volume licensed-trade phrase, a $353 mean

$8,993,979, 25,458 itemizations, and 2,103 donor records are the occupation-level facts. Mean contribution size is about $353. Mean dollars per donor record are about $4,277. Repeat giving is about 12 itemizations per donor record.

25,458 lines from 2,103 records is a mid-volume construction-title stack, close in per-line mean to BUILDER but on a longer phrase. The $353 mean is arithmetic, not a typical job-profit share redirected to politics.

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

GENERAL CONTRACTOR is not CONTRACTOR

The FEC record does not verify a general-contractor license. Subcontractors, builders, and people who typed CONTRACTOR sit on other keys unless the extract merged them. Best-efforts rules do not force a trade taxonomy.

This page cites only $8,993,979, 25,458 contributions, and 2,103 donors. CONTRACTOR, BUILDER, and CONSTRUCTION remain other keys unless the bulk extract merged them.

Donor records and overlapping trade titles

2,103 donor records used GENERAL CONTRACTOR on at least one matching itemization. Address variants split records. A person who listed GENERAL CONTRACTOR on some gifts and BUILDER on others will appear in both occupation totals for those lines.

Occupation is stored per transaction. LobbyVault does not infer party from the trade phrase.

Industry pages group construction employers

Industry pages group employers. GENERAL CONTRACTOR as occupation is the donor’s trade text, not the employer-industry code. Adding $8,993,979 to an industry total double-counts.

Open the GENERAL CONTRACTOR occupation page for rows. Use the occupations index to place the phrase next to BUILDER and CONTRACTOR.

Citation language

A usable sentence is: occupation equals GENERAL CONTRACTOR, dollars equal $8,993,979, contributions equal 25,458, donors equal 2,103, 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 $8,993,979, 25,458 contributions, and 2,103 donors. CONTRACTOR and BUILDER stay on their own pages unless the extract merged them into GENERAL CONTRACTOR.

Reading GENERAL CONTRACTOR next to BUILDER

GENERAL CONTRACTOR in this extract is $8,993,979 on 25,458 itemizations from 2,103 donor records, or $9.0 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, builder, or construction may sit on other occupation pages. Only the exact GENERAL CONTRACTOR key is in $8,993,979.

Arithmetic means on this key are about $353 per contribution and about $4,277 per donor record, with roughly 12 itemizations per donor record. Means are not medians. The packet has no gift-size distribution and no party split. Combining GENERAL CONTRACTOR with CONTRACTOR without naming each source total changes the unit from one FEC string to a homemade cluster. 2,103 donor records on 25,458 lines is a mid-volume trade pool, not a license census.

Industry pages group employer-side categories and should not be added to $8,993,979. A person who listed GENERAL CONTRACTOR 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 GENERAL CONTRACTOR, dollars equal $8,993,979, contributions equal 25,458, donors equal 2,103. 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 GENERAL CONTRACTOR occupation hub. This file restates harvested packet facts only. Compact millions ($9.0 million) are the same headline amount as $8,993,979, rounded to one decimal place. Keep 25,458 contributions and 2,103 donor records in any sentence that quotes the dollars, so readers can see the mid-volume trade phrase separately from CONTRACTOR and BUILDER. Exact-string matching is the method. Anything else is a different query. The occupation field is donor-supplied free text, not a GC license. A citation that stays inside the packet names GENERAL CONTRACTOR, $8,993,979, 25,458, and 2,103 together.

Questions

How much have general-contractor occupation donors given in FEC data?

The GENERAL CONTRACTOR occupation string is attached to $8,993,979 across 25,458 contributions and 2,103 donor records in LobbyVault’s FEC bulk index. The figure is itemized occupation money, not a census of licensed GCs. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.

Does GENERAL CONTRACTOR include contractor and builder filings?

Only if the bulk extract normalized those words here. Otherwise CONTRACTOR and BUILDER are separate keys. This page covers GENERAL CONTRACTOR: $8,993,979, 25,458 contributions, and 2,103 donors. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules.

What is the average general-contractor contribution?

Dividing $8,993,979 by 25,458 itemizations yields about $353 per contribution. Dividing by 2,103 donors yields about $4,277 per donor record. Both are means, not medians. Repeat giving is about 12 itemizations per donor record. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.

Does listing general contractor prove a GC license?

No. Occupation is self-reported free text. The FEC record does not verify licenses or project type. Quote 25,458 contributions and 2,103 donor records with the $8,993,979 total. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.