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Deferred Compensation Arrangement, Award Vesting Rights, Percentage

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Deferred Compensation Arrangement, Number Of Performance Metrics

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Deferred Compensation Arrangement, Payment Period Subsequent To Performance Period

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Commitment made to pay deferred cash remuneration expressed as a percentage of the individual's base salary.

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The compensation expense recognized during the period pertaining to the deferred compensation arrangement.

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Minimum period the individual is required to perform services to be fully vested under the deferred compensation arrangement, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Aggregate carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the liabilities for deferred compensation arrangements. Represents currently earned compensation under cash arrangements (such as a profit-sharing plan, rabbi trust, and employee contract--excluding equity-based arrangements) that is not actually paid until a later date.

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Aggregate carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the liabilities for stock option plans and other equity-based compensation arrangements.

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The number of non-vested equity-based payment instruments, excluding stock (or unit) options, that validly exist and are outstanding as of the balance sheet date.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Other Long-Term Incentive Compensation (Details) shares in Millions, $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($) performance_metric shares	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)
Legacy Long-term Cash Incentive Compensation Plans
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award
Legacy long-term cash incentive compensation (benefit) expense	$ (2.0)	$ 11.2	$ 10.8
2011 Omnibus Long-term Incentive Plan \| Stock Appreciation Rights (SARs)
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award
Incentive plan, vesting period	3 years
Incentive plan, payment period subsequent to vesting period	90 days
Incentive plan, award vesting rights, percentage	100.00%
Awards outstanding (in shares) \| shares	1.0
Incentive plan, liability on SARs	$ 4.8	9.0
Cash Awards \| 2005 Schneider National, Inc. Long-Term Incentive Plan
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award
Incentive plan, vesting period	5 years
Incentive plan, liability on cash awards	$ 8.6	8.6
Incentive plan, award vesting rights, percentage	20.00%
Cash Awards \| 2011 Omnibus Long-term Incentive Plan
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award
Incentive plan, number of performance metrics \| performance_metric	2
Incentive plan, performance period	5 years
Incentive plan, vesting period	3 years
Incentive plan, payment period subsequent to vesting period	90 days
Incentive plan, liability on cash awards	$ 6.3	$ 22.7
Cash Awards \| 2011 Omnibus Long-term Incentive Plan \| Minimum
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award
Incentive plan, target percentage of awards	0.00%
Cash Awards \| 2011 Omnibus Long-term Incentive Plan \| Maximum
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award
Incentive plan, target percentage of awards	250.00%