Who Cincinnati, OH pays for design & engineering work
Taken from the vendor payment records Cincinnati, OH publishes — every payment it made for design & engineering work, 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 2021Each bar is one range of total payments to a single contractor. Only records from the last 5 years are counted — older ones describe a different market, and in one case dragged the median 452x off.
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$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
$16,500Sep 4
Department Of Water Works
$11,924Sep 4
Department Of Water Works
$5,676Sep 4
Department Of Water Works
$2,644Sep 4
Department Of Water Works
$1,153Sep 4
Division Of Engineering
$73,195Sep 2
Department Of Sewers
$58,667Sep 2
Department Of Sewers
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.
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