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CONTRACTOR

Total Donated

$30,356,058

Contributions

92,735

Unique Donors

6,738

Donors who listed CONTRACTOR as occupation posted $30,356,058 in itemized federal receipts in LobbyVault’s FEC.gov bulk index. Those receipts are 92,735 contributions from 6,738 donor records. CONTRACTOR can mean a construction trade, an independent worker, or a government-contracting role. On FEC forms it is still one occupation string, not a NAICS code. In compact form the occupation total is $30.4 million.

Key figures

  • CONTRACTOR itemizations sum to $30,356,058 from 92,735 contributions and 6,738 donors.
  • The noun is ambiguous self-reported text, not a construction NAICS code.
  • Mean amounts are about $327 per contribution and about $4,505 per donor record.
  • Industry pages are a separate employer-side cut and should not be added to this total.

Trade-or-status word with mid-volume lines

$30,356,058, 92,735 itemizations, and 6,738 donor records describe this occupation filter. Mean contribution size is about $327. Mean dollars per donor record is about $4,505. Repeat giving is about 14 itemizations per donor record.

Those means sit with other mid-volume labels. They do not tell you whether the donor pours concrete, writes software on contract, or bids federal work. The packet has no employer cross-tab.

These means are arithmetic. The packet has no median.

Contractor is not a construction census

Occupation is self-reported free text. SELF-EMPLOYED, OWNER, and trade-specific titles remain other keys unless the bulk extract normalized them to CONTRACTOR. This page cites only $30,356,058, 92,735 contributions, and 6,738 donors.

The FEC record does not verify a contractor license. Industry pages that group construction employers are a different cut and should not be added to this total.

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Questions

How much have CONTRACTOR donors given in FEC records?
Itemizations that list CONTRACTOR sum to $30,356,058 across 92,735 contributions and 6,738 donor records in the LobbyVault index of FEC bulk data. The figure is an occupation-string total, not a licensed-contractor census and not a construction NAICS total. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.
Does CONTRACTOR mean construction only?
Not necessarily. Occupation is self-reported free text. Independent contractors in other fields can use the same noun. This packet has no trade split. The matching facts remain $30,356,058, 92,735 contributions, and 6,738 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 CONTRACTOR contribution?
Dividing $30,356,058 by 92,735 itemizations yields about $327 per contribution. Dividing by 6,738 donors yields about $4,505 per donor record. Both are means, not medians. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.
Can I add CONTRACTOR dollars to a construction industry page?
Not without double-counting. Industry pages group employers. Occupation CONTRACTOR is a contributor-title filter. Quote 92,735 contributions and 6,738 donor records with the $30,356,058 headline. 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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