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CIVIL ENGINEER

Total Donated

$7,540,113

Contributions

32,364

Unique Donors

1,700

Donors who entered CIVIL ENGINEER as occupation account for $7,540,113 in itemized federal receipts in LobbyVault’s index of FEC.gov files. That sum sits on 32,364 contributions from 1,700 donor records. The two-word engineering title is stored as typed, not as a PE-license roster. In compact millions the occupation total is $7.5 million.

Key figures

  • CIVIL ENGINEER occupation itemizations sum to $7,540,113 from 32,364 contributions and 1,700 donors.
  • Mean amounts are about $233 per contribution and about $4,435 per donor record.
  • The two-word title is donor-typed Form 3/3X text, not a verified PE-license roster.
  • Industry pages are a separate employer-side cut and should not be added to this total.

Broad donor pool, a $233 mean

$7,540,113, 32,364 itemizations, and 1,700 donor records are the occupation-level facts. Mean contribution size is about $233. Mean dollars per donor record are about $4,435. Repeat giving is about 19 itemizations per donor record.

32,364 lines from 1,700 records is a mid-to-high volume engineering-title stack. The $233 per-line mean is arithmetic on that volume. The packet has no PE field, no public-versus-private split, and no median gift. A few large itemizations can lift the average.

1,700 donor records on 32,364 lines is a broad engineering pool: about 19 itemizations per record. The $233 per-line mean sits between PROPERTY MANAGER and LAW PROFESSOR. The packet has no PE-license field, no public-versus-private split, and no party flag, so $7,540,113 cannot be read as a licensed-civil-engineer census.

CIVIL ENGINEER is not ENGINEER

The FEC record does not verify that the donor holds a professional-engineer license. Students, technicians, retirees, and people using a related engineering title can sit on other keys. Best-efforts rules do not force an ABET taxonomy.

This page cites only $7,540,113, 32,364 contributions, and 1,700 donors. ENGINEER, STRUCTURAL ENGINEER, and CONSULTING ENGINEER 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.

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Questions

How much have civil-engineer donors given in FEC data?
The CIVIL ENGINEER occupation string is attached to $7,540,113 across 32,364 contributions and 1,700 donor records in LobbyVault’s FEC bulk index. The figure is itemized occupation money, not a census of licensed PEs. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.
Does CIVIL ENGINEER include the generic ENGINEER key?
Only if those donors typed CIVIL ENGINEER. ENGINEER is a separate key unless the extract merged them. This page covers CIVIL ENGINEER: $7,540,113, 32,364 contributions, and 1,700 donors. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules.
What is the average civil-engineer contribution?
Dividing $7,540,113 by 32,364 itemizations yields about $233 per contribution. Dividing by 1,700 donors yields about $4,435 per donor record. Both are means, not medians. Repeat giving is about 19 itemizations per donor record. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.
Does listing civil engineer prove a PE license?
No. Occupation is self-reported free text. The FEC record does not verify professional-engineer credentials. Quote 32,364 contributions and 1,700 donor records with the $7,540,113 total. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.

Occupation is self-reported on FEC Form 3/3X itemizations. Indexed on LobbyVault from FEC bulk data.

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