DOCUMENT AND ENTITY INFORMATION	6 Months Ended
	Mar. 29, 2013	Jun. 27, 2013
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		9,991,291
Document Type	10-Q
Amendment Flag	false
Document Period End Date	Mar. 29, 2013
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q2
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2013