Other Liabilities

3 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2020

Other Liabilities Noncurrent [Abstract]

Other Liabilities

Note 17.  Other liabilities

	December 31,		September 30,
	2020		2020
Net accrued retirement benefits, less amounts recognized within accrued liabilities	$	120,313	$	114,013
Total unrecognized tax benefits		10,602		10,230
Noncurrent income taxes payable		18,322		18,322
Deferred economic incentives (1)		8,852		9,105
Cross-currency swap derivative liability		83,137		51,387
Noncurrent operating lease liabilities		15,683		14,569
Net noncurrent contract liabilities		371,024		366,642
Other		26,355		33,637
	$	654,288	$	617,905

(1) Woodward receives certain economic incentives from various state and local authorities related to capital expansion projects.  Such amounts are initially recorded as deferred credits and are being recognized as a reduction to pre-tax expense over the economic lives of the related capital expansion projects.