DOCUMENT AND ENTITY INFORMATION	9 Months Ended
	Jun. 29, 2012	Aug. 02, 2012
Entity Registrant Name	IEC ELECTRONICS CORP
Entity Central Index Key	0000049728
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--09-30
Entity Filer Category	Smaller Reporting Company
Trading Symbol	IEC
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		9,908,754
Document Type	10-Q
Amendment Flag	false
Document Period End Date	Jun. 29, 2012
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q3
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2012