Programmer political contributions from Washington

PROGRAMMER in Washington versus neighboring tech strings

Occupation PROGRAMMER and donor state WA produce $1,041,167, 4,133 contributions, and 152 donors. The occupation hub is $12,670,737, 72,729 contributions, and 2,058 donors. Washington’s dollar share is about 8.2% ($1,041,167 of $12,670,737). Its contribution share is about 5.7% (4,133 of 72,729). Its donor share is about 7.4% (152 of 2,058).

Donor share and dollar share sit close together. One hundred fifty-two people produced a mid-single-digit slice of a $12.7 million occupation. Contribution share sits a little lower, which can reflect fewer lines per dollar than some high-volume Washington cells.

SOFTWARE donors in Washington ($1,173,657, 95 donors) and Program Manager donors in Washington ($1,290,149, 264 donors) are separate occupation-state files. COMPUTER PROGRAMMER donors in New Hampshire is another programmer-family string in a different state. None of those dollars sit inside $1,041,167 unless the strings were grouped, which this packet does not claim.

A short title that is not an engineer census

PROGRAMMER is typed on the receipt. FEC.gov does not verify a computer-science degree or an employer. Two thousand fifty-eight national donors used the string. People who typed SOFTWARE ENGINEER or DEVELOPER sit in other occupation totals if those strings are separate slugs.

Seventy-two thousand seven hundred twenty-nine contributions from 2,058 donors nationwide is about 35 itemized gifts per donor. Washington’s 4,133 contributions from 152 donors is about 27 gifts per donor. Repeat itemization is somewhat less dense in the Washington PROGRAMMER cell than in the national occupation average.

Washington cell averages

Dividing $1,041,167 by 4,133 contributions yields about $252 per gift. Dividing by 152 donors yields about $6,850 per donor. Nationally, $12,670,737 divided by 72,729 contributions is about $174 per gift. Washington’s mean is higher than the national occupation mean.

Donor state WA is the address on the receipt. Recipients need not be Washington committees. CTO, Product Manager, Therapist, and General Manager Washington ties use other occupation strings and other dollar figures.

One hundred fifty-two Washington donors produced 4,133 contributions, about 27 itemized gifts per person, versus about 35 nationally. Frequency is lower. Mean gift (about $252 versus about $174) is higher. Those gaps leave donor share (7.4%) and dollar share (8.2%) close together while contribution share (5.7%) lags.

Do not stack Washington programmer-family cells

Adding PROGRAMMER, SOFTWARE, COMPUTER PROGRAMMER, and SOFTWARE ENGINEER would mix occupation keys. This page reports $1,041,167 for PROGRAMMER and WA only. Washington’s 8.2% share of Programmer-coded dollars is not 8.2% of all Washington itemized giving.

Coverage is itemized individual contributions from FEC.gov. Unitemized money and independent expenditures are out of scope. Occupation labels are filer-entered. Correlation of title and Washington address is not causation.

SOFTWARE’s Washington join ($1,173,657, 95 donors) and COMPUTER PROGRAMMER’s New Hampshire join ($938,601, 14 donors) are other programmer-family strings. $1,041,167 is PROGRAMMER × WA only. Stacking the three would mix keys and states.

Occupation hub, state hub, related titles

Programmer donations carries the $12,670,737 national occupation total. Washington campaign finance carries all WA-coded itemized individual activity. All occupations and All FEC ties keep PROGRAMMER separate from SOFTWARE and from Computer Programmer’s New Hampshire join.

The occupation hub still holds $11,629,570 outside Washington ($12,670,737 minus $1,041,167). Use Programmer donations for that remainder. Keep PRODUCT MANAGER and PROGRAM MANAGER in their own Washington files so manager titles stay off this programmer cell.

PROGRAMMER as one string in a crowded Washington set

Washington’s Programmer cell (152 donors, $1,041,167) sits beside SOFTWARE, PRODUCT MANAGER, PROGRAM MANAGER, CTO, and GENERAL MANAGER joins in the same state. 8.2% of PROGRAMMER dollars is this string’s Washington share, not Washington’s technology share.

The remaining $11,629,570 of Programmer-coded dollars sits outside Washington. Use Programmer donations for that remainder. Do not add the Washington tech-adjacent cells.

Questions

How much have Programmer donors in Washington given?

FEC itemized individual contributions from donors listing occupation Programmer and state Washington total $1,041,167, from 4,133 contributions and 152 donors. Nationwide, Programmer-coded receipts are $12,670,737 from 72,729 contributions and 2,058 donors. Washington is about 8.2% of those dollars.

Is Programmer the same as Computer Programmer or Software?

No. This join reports PROGRAMMER only. SOFTWARE has a separate Washington tie. COMPUTER PROGRAMMER has a New Hampshire tie in this packet wave. The $12,670,737 national total is for PROGRAMMER as labeled.

Does Programmer mean software engineers in Washington?

PROGRAMMER is the occupation text as entered on itemized filings. FEC aggregates do not verify job duties. SOFTWARE ENGINEER can exist as a separate key. The 152 Washington donors used this one-word title.

Is this money given to Washington candidates?

Not necessarily. WA is the donor state on the contribution. The $1,041,167 can be received by any FEC-filing committee. This page does not break receipts by office or by in-state versus out-of-state committees.