Software political contributions from Washington

SOFTWARE as occupation, Washington as donor state

Occupation SOFTWARE and donor state WA produce $1,173,657, 3,147 contributions, and 95 donors. The occupation hub is $7,732,451, 22,932 contributions, and 845 donors. Washington’s dollar share is about 15.2% ($1,173,657 of $7,732,451). Its contribution share is about 13.7% (3,147 of 22,932). Its donor share is about 11.2% (95 of 845).

The three shares sit in the low-to-mid teens. Ninety-five Washington donors produced about one seventh of occupation dollars and about one ninth of occupation donors. That is a broader unique-person slice than the 29-donor CTO cell in the same state.

SOFTWARE ENGINEER, PROGRAMMER, and PROGRAM MANAGER are other keys. They are not inside $7,732,451 unless grouped here. This packet does not claim that grouping. Those Washington ties exist as separate files in this packet wave.

A one-word industry stamp, not an engineer roster

Filers type SOFTWARE in the occupation box. It can mean software engineer, a software-company role the filer did not specify, or a committee abbreviation. Eight hundred forty-five national donors used the one-word stamp. People who typed SOFTWARE ENGINEER sit in another occupation total if that string is a separate slug.

Twenty-two thousand nine hundred thirty-two contributions from 845 donors nationwide is about 27 itemized gifts per donor. Washington’s 3,147 contributions from 95 donors is about 33 gifts per donor. Repeat itemization is somewhat denser in the Washington cell.

Washington cell averages beside other tech titles

Dividing $1,173,657 by 3,147 contributions yields about $373 per gift. Dividing by 95 donors yields about $12,354 per donor. Nationally, $7,732,451 divided by 22,932 contributions is about $337 per gift. Washington’s mean is close to the national occupation mean.

CTO donors in Washington average about $2,556 per gift in that other join. Program Manager donors in Washington average about $146 per gift. Those figures belong to other occupation strings. They are not nested inside SOFTWARE. Donor state WA is the address on the receipt, not proof of a particular employer.

Ninety-five Washington donors produced 3,147 contributions, about 33 itemized gifts per person, versus about 27 nationally. Frequency is slightly higher. Mean gift (about $373 versus about $337) is only a modest premium. The 15.2% dollar share is therefore closer to a scaled slice of SOFTWARE than CTO’s 24.0% Washington share is a scaled slice of CTO.

Do not stack Washington tech occupation cells

Adding SOFTWARE, PROGRAMMER, PROGRAM MANAGER, PRODUCT MANAGER, and CTO Washington dollars would mix occupation keys and double-count anyone whose receipts used more than one string across filings. This page reports $1,173,657 for SOFTWARE and WA only.

Washington’s 15.2% share of Software-coded dollars is a table split, not causation, and not 15.2% of all Washington itemized giving. Coverage is itemized individual contributions from FEC.gov. Unitemized money and independent expenditures are out of scope.

SOFTWARE, PROGRAMMER, and COMPUTER PROGRAMMER are three occupation keys in this packet wave. Washington holds the first two; New Hampshire holds the third. $1,173,657 is the one-word SOFTWARE stamp and WA. A filer who typed SOFTWARE ENGINEER is not in this cell if that string is a separate slug.

Occupation hub, state hub, neighboring Washington ties

Software donations carries the $7,732,451 national occupation total. Washington campaign finance carries all WA-coded itemized individual activity. All occupations and All FEC ties keep SOFTWARE separate from PROGRAMMER and SOFTWARE ENGINEER so $1,173,657 is not treated as a combined technology workforce.

The occupation hub still holds $6,558,794 outside Washington ($7,732,451 minus $1,173,657). Keep this remainder on the occupation hub. Do not add Washington tech occupation cells to reconstruct a software workforce.

One-word SOFTWARE beside longer tech titles

Washington’s 15.2% of SOFTWARE dollars from 95 donors is a different shape from Washington’s 24.0% of CTO dollars from 29 donors. Both are occupation-state joins in the same state. They are not a combined technology payroll. $1,173,657 does not include PROGRAMMER’s $1,041,167.

Eight hundred forty-five national SOFTWARE donors remain the occupation’s unique-person list. Ninety-five of them used WA. The other 750 used other donor states. That split is the join, not a headcount of Washington software workers.

Questions

How much have Software occupation donors in Washington given?

FEC itemized individual contributions from donors listing occupation Software and state Washington total $1,173,657, from 3,147 contributions and 95 donors. Nationwide, Software-coded receipts are $7,732,451 from 22,932 contributions and 845 donors. Washington is about 15.2% of those dollars.

Is SOFTWARE the same as software engineer on FEC filings?

This join reports the SOFTWARE occupation slug only. SOFTWARE ENGINEER and PROGRAMMER can exist as separate keys. The $7,732,451 national total is for SOFTWARE as labeled. The 95 Washington donors used this one-word stamp.

Should I add Software to Programmer and CTO Washington totals?

No. Each occupation-state join uses a different occupation string. Adding $1,173,657 to other Washington tech cells would mix keys and could double-count filers who used different titles on different receipts.

Is this money given to Washington candidates?

Not necessarily. WA is the donor state on the contribution. The $1,173,657 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.