Washington State Lobbyist Employer Compensation and Expense Totals

Washington State Public Disclosure Commission records list lobbyist employers and their annual compensation and expense totals. The dataset is a best-effort compilation and may contain incomplete or incorrect information, with original reports available for verification. Descriptions do not constitute legal definitions; RCW 42.17A and WAC Title 390 provide official requirements.

Use Cases

• Tracking annual lobbying expenditures by employer based on reported compensation and expense totals.
• Identifying major lobbying entities in Washington State based on employer records.
• Analyzing trends in lobbying activity over time based on yearly employer filings.
• Cross-referencing lobbying data with other political finance disclosures for compliance checks.

Strengths

• Data is provided in multiple machine-readable formats: CSV, JSON, RDF, and XML.
• Records are maintained by the official state Public Disclosure Commission (PDC).
• Original source reports are referenced for verification purposes.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The PDC notes the data may contain incomplete or incorrect information.

Provenance

Source

State of Washington Public Disclosure Commission (PDC).

Collection Method

Compiled from lobbyist employer disclosure reports filed with the PDC.

Time Range

Yearly totals are mentioned, but specific range is not provided.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-22 03:11:28.461498; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Washington State, United States.