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Divestiture - Narrative (Details) (USD $)
Share data in Millions, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified
3 Months Ended 9 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
Jun. 30, 2014
Dec. 31, 2014
Sep. 24, 2014
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]              
Common stock, par value (usd per share) $ 0.10us-gaap_CommonStockParOrStatedValuePerShare   $ 0.10us-gaap_CommonStockParOrStatedValuePerShare   $ 0.10us-gaap_CommonStockParOrStatedValuePerShare    
Dividend received from Disposal Entity     $ 825,000,000adp_DividendReceivedfromDisposalEntity $ 0adp_DividendReceivedfromDisposalEntity      
Gain (Loss) from Disposal from Disposal Entity 0us-gaap_DiscontinuedOperationGainLossFromDisposalOfDiscontinuedOperationBeforeIncomeTax 15,600,000us-gaap_DiscontinuedOperationGainLossFromDisposalOfDiscontinuedOperationBeforeIncomeTax 0us-gaap_DiscontinuedOperationGainLossFromDisposalOfDiscontinuedOperationBeforeIncomeTax 15,600,000us-gaap_DiscontinuedOperationGainLossFromDisposalOfDiscontinuedOperationBeforeIncomeTax      
CDK Global Inc [Member]              
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]              
Date of Spinoff     9/30/2014        
Date of record for ADP stockholders to receive Disposal Entity's shares     September 24, 2014        
ADP share to be converted to Disposal Entity's Shares             $ 1adp_NumberofCDKsharesforthreeADPShares
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= adp_CDKGlobalIncMember
Common stock, par value (usd per share)           $ 0.01us-gaap_CommonStockParOrStatedValuePerShare
/ us-gaap_IncomeStatementBalanceSheetAndAdditionalDisclosuresByDisposalGroupsIncludingDiscontinuedOperationsAxis
= adp_CDKGlobalIncMember
 
Disposal Entity's shares converted from Parent shares             $ 3adp_ADPsharesconvertedtoCDK
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= adp_CDKGlobalIncMember
Shares Distributed of Disposal Entity's common stock           160.6adp_SharesDistributedofCDKcommonstock
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= adp_CDKGlobalIncMember
 
Reduction in retained earnings due to net assets     1,500,000,000adp_Reductioninretainedearningsduetonetassets
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= adp_CDKGlobalIncMember
       
Dividend received from Disposal Entity     825,000,000adp_DividendReceivedfromDisposalEntity
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= adp_CDKGlobalIncMember
       
Separation Costs, Incurred Cost (2,400,000)adp_SeparationCostsIncurredCost
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= adp_CDKGlobalIncMember
  (47,700,000)adp_SeparationCostsIncurredCost
/ us-gaap_IncomeStatementBalanceSheetAndAdditionalDisclosuresByDisposalGroupsIncludingDiscontinuedOperationsAxis
= adp_CDKGlobalIncMember
       
Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) [Member]              
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]              
Disposal Date     Feb. 28, 2014        
Gain (Loss) from Disposal from Disposal Entity     $ 15,600,000us-gaap_DiscontinuedOperationGainLossFromDisposalOfDiscontinuedOperationBeforeIncomeTax
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= adp_OccupationalHealthandSafetyOHSMember