Net Income Per Share (Tables)	3 Months Ended
Nov. 27, 2021
Net Income Per Share [Abstract]
Computation Of Basic And Diluted Net Income Per Common Share Under Treasury Stock Method	Thirteen Weeks Ended November 27, November 28, 2021 2020 Numerator: Net income attributable to MSC Industrial as reported $ 66,067 $ 38,454 Denominator: Weighted-average shares outstanding for basic net income per share 55,530 55,659 Effect of dilutive securities 326 191 Weighted-average shares outstanding for diluted net income per share 55,856 55,850 Net income per share: Basic $ 1.19 $ 0.69 Diluted $ 1.18 $ 0.69 Potentially dilutive securities 434 1,332

Tabular disclosure of an entity's basic and diluted earnings per share calculations, including a reconciliation of numerators and denominators of the basic and diluted per-share computations for income from continuing operations.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 260
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (a)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=124432515&loc=d3e3550-109257

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