Income Taxes (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2021

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Tax Expense and Effective Tax Rate

The following table sets forth the tax expense and the effective tax rate for Woodward’s earnings before income taxes:

	Three-Months Ended						Six-Months Ended
	March 31,						March 31,
	2021			2020			2021			2020
Earnings before income taxes	$	78,487		$	107,199		$	126,071		$	168,747
Income tax expense		10,174			15,881			16,188			24,056
Effective tax rate		13.0	%		14.8	%		12.8	%		14.3	%