Other Liabilities

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2021

Other Liabilities Noncurrent [Abstract]

Other Liabilities

Note 17.  Other liabilities

	September 30, 2021		September 30, 2020
Net accrued retirement benefits, less amounts recognized within accrued liabilities	$	107,074	$	114,013
Total unrecognized tax benefits		13,412		10,230
Noncurrent income taxes payable		16,257		18,322
Deferred economic incentives (1)		8,173		9,105
Cross-currency swap derivative liability		50,185		51,387
Noncurrent operating lease liabilities		14,770		14,569
Net noncurrent contract liabilities		386,324		366,642
Other		21,713		33,637
	$	617,908	$	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.