Income Taxes (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 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						Nine-Months Ended
	June 30,						June 30,
	2021			2020			2021			2020
Earnings before income taxes	$	58,698		$	45,016		$	184,769		$	213,763
Income tax expense		9,837			6,551			26,025			30,607
Effective tax rate		16.8	%		14.6	%		14.1	%		14.3	%