Income Taxes (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2022

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 March 31,						Six-Months Ended March 31,
	2022			2021			2022			2021
Earnings before income taxes	$	54,096		$	78,487		$	91,842		$	126,071
Income tax expense		6,190			10,174			13,631			16,188
Effective tax rate		11.4	%		13.0	%		14.8	%		12.8	%