What software-occupation donors give in federal races

One-word tech label, a $337 mean

$7,732,451, 22,932 itemizations, and 845 donor records are the occupation-level facts. Mean contribution size is about $337. Mean dollars per donor record are about $9,151. Repeat giving is about 27 itemizations per donor record.

22,932 lines from 845 records is a high-repeat computing-title stack. The $337 per-line mean is arithmetic on that volume, not a typical salary fraction. The packet has no language, seniority, or employer field.

845 donor records on 22,932 lines is a high-repeat one-word pool: about 27 itemizations per record. Mean dollars per donor record of about $9,151 sit near BOARD MEMBER even though the per-line mean is $337 rather than four figures. The packet has no language, seniority, or employer field, so $7,732,451 cannot be read as a software-workforce census.

SOFTWARE is not SOFTWARE ENGINEER

The FEC record does not verify that the donor writes code. Product managers, vendors, 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 $7,732,451, 22,932 contributions, and 845 donors. SOFTWARE ENGINEER, SOFTWARE DEVELOPER, and COMPUTER PROGRAMMER remain other keys unless the bulk extract merged them. Combining those strings without naming each source total changes the unit from one FEC occupation to a homemade cluster.

Donor records and dual computing titles

845 donor records used SOFTWARE on at least one matching itemization. Address variants split records. A person who listed SOFTWARE on some gifts and SOFTWARE ENGINEER 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 string. Unitemized receipts never carry an occupation code, so they never enter $7,732,451.

Committees receiving these itemizations are not named in the packet. The 22,932 lines are occupation-side totals only. Refunds, redesignations, and memo entries follow FEC presentation in the underlying Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Do not treat $7,732,451 as net of refunds unless a later extract says so.

Industry pages group tech employers, not this word

Industry pages group employer-side categories. A founder and a contractor share this occupation string if they typed SOFTWARE. Adding $7,732,451 to an industry total double-counts.

Open the SOFTWARE occupation page for rows. Use the occupations index to place the one-word key next to SOFTWARE ENGINEER and SOFTWARE DEVELOPER.

SOFTWARE dollars of $7,732,451 sit on 22,932 itemizations from 845 donor records. The one-word computing key is stored separately from SOFTWARE ENGINEER and SOFTWARE DEVELOPER. Unitemized receipts never carry an occupation code and never enter this total.

Citation language

A usable sentence is: occupation equals SOFTWARE, dollars equal $7,732,451, contributions equal 22,932, donors equal 845, sourced from FEC Form 3/3X itemizations indexed on LobbyVault.

Quote the three facts together so the high-repeat mean is visible next to the headline dollars. Refunds and memo entries follow FEC presentation in the underlying schedules.

Reading SOFTWARE as a one-word computing key

SOFTWARE in this extract is $7,732,451 on 22,932 itemizations from 845 donor records, or $7.7 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. People who type ENGINEER, PROGRAMMER, or IT may sit on other occupation pages. Only the exact SOFTWARE key is in $7,732,451.

Arithmetic means on this key are about $337 per contribution and about $9,151 per donor record, with roughly 27 itemizations per donor record. Means are not medians. The packet has no gift-size distribution and no party split. 845 donor records on 22,932 lines is a high-repeat one-word pool, not a census of software workers.

Industry pages should not be added to $7,732,451. Candidate and committee pages hold the recipient side. A public-record citation that stays inside the packet is: occupation equals SOFTWARE, dollars equal $7,732,451, contributions equal 22,932, donors equal 845.

SOFTWARE, SOFTWARE ENGINEER, SOFTWARE DEVELOPER, and COMPUTER PROGRAMMER can describe overlapping people in ordinary speech and remain separate FEC strings. This page is only SOFTWARE: $7,732,451, 22,932 contributions, 845 donors. A homemade computing cluster that adds those keys without naming each source total is a different unit than this occupation page.

Questions

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

The SOFTWARE occupation string is attached to $7,732,451 across 22,932 contributions and 845 donor records in LobbyVault’s FEC bulk index. The figure is itemized occupation money, not a census of software workers. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.

Does SOFTWARE include software engineers and developers?

Only if those donors typed SOFTWARE. SOFTWARE ENGINEER and SOFTWARE DEVELOPER are separate keys unless the extract merged them. This page covers SOFTWARE: $7,732,451, 22,932 contributions, and 845 donors. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules.

What is the average software-occupation contribution?

Dividing $7,732,451 by 22,932 itemizations yields about $337 per contribution. Dividing by 845 donors yields about $9,151 per donor record. Both are means, not medians. Repeat giving is about 27 itemizations per donor record. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.

Does listing software prove a programming job?

No. Occupation is self-reported free text. The FEC record does not verify job duties. Quote 22,932 contributions and 845 donor records with the $7,732,451 total. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.