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SOFTWARE

Total Donated

$7,732,451

Contributions

22,932

Unique Donors

845

Donors who entered SOFTWARE as occupation account for $7,732,451 in itemized federal receipts in LobbyVault’s index of FEC.gov files. That sum sits on 22,932 contributions from 845 donor records. Software here is a one-word occupation string, stored separately from SOFTWARE ENGINEER if that longer key did not normalize here. In compact millions the occupation total is $7.7 million.

Key figures

  • SOFTWARE occupation itemizations sum to $7,732,451 from 22,932 contributions and 845 donors.
  • Mean amounts are about $337 per contribution and about $9,151 per donor record.
  • The one-word string is stored separately from SOFTWARE ENGINEER unless the extract merged them.
  • Industry pages are a separate employer-side cut and should not be added to this total.

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.

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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.

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

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