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Securities Available for Sale and Securities Held to Maturity (Held To Maturity Securities with Unrealized Losses, Aggregated by Category and Period of Continuous Unrealized Loss) (Details) (USD $)
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
Mar. 31, 2015
security
Dec. 31, 2014
security
Schedule of Held-to-maturity Securities [Line Items]    
Securities held to maturity Less than 12 months Fair Value $ 6,253us-gaap_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesContinuousUnrealizedLossPositionLessThanTwelveMonthsFairValue $ 264us-gaap_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesContinuousUnrealizedLossPositionLessThanTwelveMonthsFairValue
Securities held to maturity Less than 12 months Unrealized Losses 30us-gaap_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesContinuousUnrealizedLossPositionLessThan12MonthsAccumulatedLoss 1us-gaap_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesContinuousUnrealizedLossPositionLessThan12MonthsAccumulatedLoss
Securities held to maturity 12 months or longer Fair Value 2,044us-gaap_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesContinuousUnrealizedLossPositionTwelveMonthsOrLongerFairValue 11,075us-gaap_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesContinuousUnrealizedLossPositionTwelveMonthsOrLongerFairValue
Securities held to maturity 12 months or longer Unrealized Losses 18us-gaap_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesContinuousUnrealizedLossPosition12MonthsOrLongerAccumulatedLoss 187us-gaap_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesContinuousUnrealizedLossPosition12MonthsOrLongerAccumulatedLoss
Total Securities held to maturity with unrealized losses Total Fair Value 8,297us-gaap_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesContinuousUnrealizedLossPositionFairValue 11,339us-gaap_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesContinuousUnrealizedLossPositionFairValue
Total Securities held to maturity with unrealized losses Total Unrealized Losses 48us-gaap_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesContinuousUnrealizedLossPositionAccumulatedLoss 188us-gaap_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesContinuousUnrealizedLossPositionAccumulatedLoss
Number of held to maturity securities in unrealized loss positions 71us-gaap_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesInUnrealizedLossPositionsQualitativeDisclosureNumberOfPositions 111us-gaap_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesInUnrealizedLossPositionsQualitativeDisclosureNumberOfPositions
U.S. agency mortgage-backed securities [Member]    
Schedule of Held-to-maturity Securities [Line Items]    
Securities held to maturity Less than 12 months Fair Value 6,253us-gaap_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesContinuousUnrealizedLossPositionLessThanTwelveMonthsFairValue
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_MortgageBackedSecuritiesIssuedByUSGovernmentSponsoredEnterprisesMember
264us-gaap_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesContinuousUnrealizedLossPositionLessThanTwelveMonthsFairValue
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_MortgageBackedSecuritiesIssuedByUSGovernmentSponsoredEnterprisesMember
Securities held to maturity Less than 12 months Unrealized Losses 30us-gaap_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesContinuousUnrealizedLossPositionLessThan12MonthsAccumulatedLoss
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_MortgageBackedSecuritiesIssuedByUSGovernmentSponsoredEnterprisesMember
1us-gaap_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesContinuousUnrealizedLossPositionLessThan12MonthsAccumulatedLoss
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_MortgageBackedSecuritiesIssuedByUSGovernmentSponsoredEnterprisesMember
Securities held to maturity 12 months or longer Fair Value 2,044us-gaap_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesContinuousUnrealizedLossPositionTwelveMonthsOrLongerFairValue
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_MortgageBackedSecuritiesIssuedByUSGovernmentSponsoredEnterprisesMember
10,415us-gaap_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesContinuousUnrealizedLossPositionTwelveMonthsOrLongerFairValue
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_MortgageBackedSecuritiesIssuedByUSGovernmentSponsoredEnterprisesMember
Securities held to maturity 12 months or longer Unrealized Losses 18us-gaap_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesContinuousUnrealizedLossPosition12MonthsOrLongerAccumulatedLoss
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_MortgageBackedSecuritiesIssuedByUSGovernmentSponsoredEnterprisesMember
173us-gaap_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesContinuousUnrealizedLossPosition12MonthsOrLongerAccumulatedLoss
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_MortgageBackedSecuritiesIssuedByUSGovernmentSponsoredEnterprisesMember
Total Securities held to maturity with unrealized losses Total Fair Value 8,297us-gaap_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesContinuousUnrealizedLossPositionFairValue
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_MortgageBackedSecuritiesIssuedByUSGovernmentSponsoredEnterprisesMember
10,679us-gaap_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesContinuousUnrealizedLossPositionFairValue
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_MortgageBackedSecuritiesIssuedByUSGovernmentSponsoredEnterprisesMember
Total Securities held to maturity with unrealized losses Total Unrealized Losses 48us-gaap_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesContinuousUnrealizedLossPositionAccumulatedLoss
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_MortgageBackedSecuritiesIssuedByUSGovernmentSponsoredEnterprisesMember
174us-gaap_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesContinuousUnrealizedLossPositionAccumulatedLoss
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_MortgageBackedSecuritiesIssuedByUSGovernmentSponsoredEnterprisesMember
Non-agency commercial mortgage-backed securities [Member]    
Schedule of Held-to-maturity Securities [Line Items]    
Securities held to maturity 12 months or longer Fair Value   660us-gaap_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesContinuousUnrealizedLossPositionTwelveMonthsOrLongerFairValue
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= schw_CommericialMortageBackedSecuritiesIssuedByPrivateEnterprisesMember
Securities held to maturity 12 months or longer Unrealized Losses   14us-gaap_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesContinuousUnrealizedLossPosition12MonthsOrLongerAccumulatedLoss
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= schw_CommericialMortageBackedSecuritiesIssuedByPrivateEnterprisesMember
Total Securities held to maturity with unrealized losses Total Fair Value   660us-gaap_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesContinuousUnrealizedLossPositionFairValue
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= schw_CommericialMortageBackedSecuritiesIssuedByPrivateEnterprisesMember
Total Securities held to maturity with unrealized losses Total Unrealized Losses   $ 14us-gaap_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesContinuousUnrealizedLossPositionAccumulatedLoss
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= schw_CommericialMortageBackedSecuritiesIssuedByPrivateEnterprisesMember