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Who Cincinnati, OH pays for design & engineering work

Taken from available vendor payment records Cincinnati, OH publishes, classified as design & engineering and included by the filters below, totalled by contractor. Federal databases only record federal spending — they do not carry city and county work — these figures are calculated from local public records.

Facts
Cincinnati, OH · aec · latest payment 2026-09-04
$194,132,512 paid to 83 contractors since 2021-01-08 across 2,859 payments
Per contractor: median $75,000 · P25 $14,406 · P75 $369,332 · largest $61,889,913
Source: vendor payment records published by Cincinnati, OH

Paid per contractor

83 contractors · 2,859 payments · since 2021
Each bar is one range of total payments to a single contractor. Available records classified as design & engineering, with individual amounts of at least $1,000, dated January 1, 2021 through October 24, 2026. The available source records and these filters limit the totals; they do not establish complete spending.
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0–25K25–50K50–75K75–100K100–150K150–250K250–500K500K+
$75,000
Median per contractor
$14,406
25th percentile
$369,332
75th percentile
$61,889,913
Largest recipient
Recent payments
The most recent design & engineering payments recorded in Cincinnati, OH.
$16,720Sep 4
Department Of Water Works
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$16,500Sep 4
Department Of Water Works
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$11,924Sep 4
Department Of Water Works
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$5,676Sep 4
Department Of Water Works
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$2,644Sep 4
Department Of Water Works
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$1,153Sep 4
Division Of Engineering
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$73,195Sep 2
Department Of Sewers
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$58,667Sep 2
Department Of Sewers
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Which departments pay for it
Share of design & engineering spending in Cincinnati, OH by the department that authorised it.
Department Of Sewers$186,963,253
Stormwater Management Utility$2,128,308
Department Of Water Works$1,904,745
Division Of Engineering$997,361
City Manager's Office$400,000
Div Of Transportation Planning$293,168
Who gets paid
83 contractors have won this work. Names and totals come with the Verdict plan.
Source records dated January 8, 2021 through September 4, 2026. These figures reflect the records currently available for this jurisdiction. Check the dates before using them to estimate a new bid.
Design & engineering Contractors Paid by Cincinnati, OH