Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income - USD ($) $ in Thousands		3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
		Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015
Revenue:
Equipment sales		$ 173,143	$ 163,857	$ 485,145	$ 495,328
Supplies		61,306	71,174	198,631	215,178
Software		89,087	97,700	257,760	283,241
Rentals		102,747	108,420	309,706	333,729
Financing		87,883	99,925	276,915	306,992
Support services		123,954	136,820	383,632	415,615
Business services		200,911	191,645	607,717	591,030
Total revenue		839,031	869,541	2,519,506	2,641,113
Costs and expenses:
Cost of equipment sales		86,147	78,650	235,741	232,706
Cost of supplies		20,348	21,629	60,662	65,912
Cost of software		25,698	27,219	79,496	85,584
Cost of rentals		16,041	21,423	54,951	63,127
Financing interest expense		12,965	17,533	41,375	54,171
Cost of support services		74,799	79,747	224,790	244,853
Cost of business services		140,989	130,004	417,357	405,559
Selling, general and administrative		300,983	309,211	916,445	939,318
Research and development		28,680	29,153	89,761	83,693
Restructuring charges and asset impairments, net		16,494	36	49,503	14,305
Interest expense, net		22,294	20,165	62,394	65,200
Other (income) expense, net		0	(1,781)	536	(94,916)
Total costs and expenses		745,438	732,989	2,233,011	2,159,512
Income from continuing operations before income taxes		93,593	136,552	286,495	481,601
Provision for income taxes		23,197	42,676	93,615	145,574
Income from continuing operations		70,396	93,876	192,880	336,027
Net income		70,105	93,876	190,929	335,445
Less: Preferred stock dividends attributable to noncontrolling interests		4,593	4,594	13,781	13,781
Net income attributable to Pitney Bowes Inc.		65,512	89,282	177,148	321,664
Amounts attributable to common stockholders:
Net income from continuing operations		65,803	89,282	179,099	322,246
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax		(291)	0	(1,951)	(582)
Net income attributable to Pitney Bowes Inc.		$ 65,512	$ 89,282	$ 177,148	$ 321,664
Basic earnings per share attributable to common stockholders:
Continuing operations (in dollars per share)		$ 0.35	$ 0.45	$ 0.95	$ 1.60
Discontinued operations (in dollars per share)		0.00	0.00	(0.01)	0.00
Net income attributable to Pitney Bowes Inc. (in dollars per share)		0.35	0.45	0.94	1.60
Diluted earnings per share attributable to common stockholders:(1)
Continuing operations (in dollars per share)	[1]	0.35	0.44	0.94	1.60
Discontinued operations (in dollars per share)	[1]	0.00	0.00	(0.01)	0.00
Net income attributable to Pitney Bowes Inc. (in dollars per share)	[1]	0.35	0.44	0.93	1.59
Dividends declared per share of common stock (in dollars per share)		$ 0.1875000	$ 0.1875000	$ 0.5625000	$ 0.5625000

[1] The sum of earnings per share amounts may not equal the totals due to rounding.