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SOFTWARE DEVELOPER

Total Donated

$16,793,605

Contributions

92,777

Unique Donors

2,757

Contributors who listed SOFTWARE DEVELOPER as occupation posted $16,793,605 in itemized federal receipts in LobbyVault’s FEC.gov bulk index. Those dollars sit on 92,777 contributions from 2,757 donor records. SOFTWARE DEVELOPER is a high-repeat engineering-title key, kept separate from SOFTWARE ENGINEER and DEVELOPER. In compact millions the occupation total is $16.8 million.

Key figures

  • SOFTWARE DEVELOPER occupation itemizations sum to $16,793,605 from 92,777 contributions and 2,757 donors.
  • Repeat itemizing is about 34 contributions per donor record; mean line size is about $181.
  • SOFTWARE ENGINEER and DEVELOPER are separate occupation keys.
  • The title is self-reported and is not matched to employer headcount.

High repeat rate on a mid-size pool

$16,793,605 is the occupation-level dollar total. 92,777 is the itemization count. 2,757 is the donor-record count. Mean contribution size is about $181. Mean dollars per donor record are about $6,091. Repeat giving is about 34 itemizations per donor record.

92,777 lines from 2,757 records is a high-repeat pattern: a modest engineering-title pool generating many schedules. The per-line mean of about $181 is closer to other tech-title keys with frequent small gifts than to concentrated investor titles.

These means are not typical-check estimates and not a measure of software salaries allocated to politics. The packet has no employer field and no gift-size distribution.

SOFTWARE DEVELOPER is not SOFTWARE ENGINEER

SOFTWARE ENGINEER, DEVELOPER, PROGRAMMER, and ENGINEER are neighboring occupation keys. This page cites only SOFTWARE DEVELOPER: $16,793,605, 92,777 contributions, and 2,757 donors. Those other strings stay outside the total unless the bulk extract normalized them here.

The FEC does not verify GitHub profiles, CS degrees, or job ladders. Staff engineers who typed developer, contractors, and people who code as a side occupation can all appear. Occupation is the donor’s word on that line.

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Questions

How much have SOFTWARE DEVELOPER donors given in FEC records?
Occupation SOFTWARE DEVELOPER is attached to $16,793,605 in LobbyVault’s FEC bulk index, from 92,777 contributions and 2,757 donor records. The total is itemized occupation money, not a tech-headcount census. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.
Is SOFTWARE ENGINEER included in SOFTWARE DEVELOPER?
No. SOFTWARE ENGINEER is a separate occupation string. This page covers SOFTWARE DEVELOPER only: $16,793,605, 92,777 contributions, and 2,757 donors. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total. The live hub may apply cycle filters.
Why are there so many SOFTWARE DEVELOPER contributions?
92,777 itemizations from 2,757 donors implies about 34 contributions per donor record. Repeat itemizing raises the line count. Mean line size is about $181. The packet does not split causes. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.
Does listing SOFTWARE DEVELOPER include programmers?
Only if they typed SOFTWARE DEVELOPER. PROGRAMMER and DEVELOPER are other keys unless the bulk extract normalized them here. Quote 92,777 contributions and 2,757 donor records with the $16,793,605 total. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules.

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

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