Consolidated Statements Of Operations (USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Consolidated Statements Of Operations [Abstract]
Service revenues	$ 32,057us-gaap_SalesRevenueServicesNet	$ 31,745us-gaap_SalesRevenueServicesNet
Product revenues	5,490us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet	6,402us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet
Net revenues	37,547us-gaap_Revenues	38,147us-gaap_Revenues
Costs and expenses:
Service costs	15,634us-gaap_CostOfServices	15,010us-gaap_CostOfServices
Product costs	2,117us-gaap_CostOfGoodsSold	3,375us-gaap_CostOfGoodsSold
Total cost of sales	17,751us-gaap_CostOfRevenue	18,385us-gaap_CostOfRevenue
Gross Profit	19,796us-gaap_GrossProfit	19,762us-gaap_GrossProfit
Selling, general, and administrative	13,655us-gaap_OperatingExpenses	14,226us-gaap_OperatingExpenses
Acquisition, reorganization and nonrecurring costs		111
Operating income	6,141us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss	5,425us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss
Equity in income of joint ventures	696	1,281
Interest expense, net	(953)us-gaap_InterestIncomeExpenseNet	(937)us-gaap_InterestIncomeExpenseNet
Other (expense) income, net	251us-gaap_OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense	159us-gaap_OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense
Income before taxes	6,135	5,928
Income tax expense	1,610us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	1,899us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Net loss	4,525us-gaap_ProfitLoss	4,029us-gaap_ProfitLoss
Less: Net income attributed to noncontrolling interest	148	208
Net loss attributed to Landauer, Inc.	$ 4,377us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss	$ 3,821us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss
Net loss per share attributable to Landauer, Inc. shareholders:
Basic	$ 0.46us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic	$ 0.40us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic
Weighted average basic shares outstanding	9,446	9,422
Diluted	$ 0.46us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted	$ 0.40us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted
Weighted average diluted shares outstanding	9,474	9,467

This element represents acquisition-related costs incurred to effect a business combination which costs have been expensed during the period. Such costs include finder's fees; advisory, legal, accounting, valuation, and other professional or consulting fees; general administrative costs, including the costs of maintaining an internal acquisitions department; and may include costs of registering and issuing debt and equity securities.

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