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CAPITAL STOCK AND STOCK AWARD PLANS Summary of Performance Based Options by Year of Grant (Detail) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]  
Options granted, net of forfeitures 4,704,620us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsGrantsInPeriod
Weighted average grant date fair value $ 13.53us-gaap_SharebasedCompensationArrangementBySharebasedPaymentAwardOptionsNonvestedWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
Unvested options 3,778,657us-gaap_SharebasedCompensationArrangementBySharebasedPaymentAwardOptionsNonvestedNumberOfShares
2011  
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]  
Options granted, net of forfeitures 911,430us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsGrantsInPeriod
/ us-gaap_AwardDateAxis
= chrw_Range3Member
Weighted average grant date fair value $ 15.72us-gaap_SharebasedCompensationArrangementBySharebasedPaymentAwardOptionsNonvestedWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
/ us-gaap_AwardDateAxis
= chrw_Range3Member
Unvested options 537,744us-gaap_SharebasedCompensationArrangementBySharebasedPaymentAwardOptionsNonvestedNumberOfShares
/ us-gaap_AwardDateAxis
= chrw_Range3Member
2012  
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]  
Options granted, net of forfeitures 1,155,285us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsGrantsInPeriod
/ us-gaap_AwardDateAxis
= chrw_Range4Member
Weighted average grant date fair value $ 13.15us-gaap_SharebasedCompensationArrangementBySharebasedPaymentAwardOptionsNonvestedWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
/ us-gaap_AwardDateAxis
= chrw_Range4Member
Unvested options 957,394us-gaap_SharebasedCompensationArrangementBySharebasedPaymentAwardOptionsNonvestedNumberOfShares
/ us-gaap_AwardDateAxis
= chrw_Range4Member
2013  
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]  
Options granted, net of forfeitures 1,424,531us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsGrantsInPeriod
/ us-gaap_AwardDateAxis
= chrw_Range5Member
Weighted average grant date fair value $ 11.83us-gaap_SharebasedCompensationArrangementBySharebasedPaymentAwardOptionsNonvestedWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
/ us-gaap_AwardDateAxis
= chrw_Range5Member
Unvested options 1,070,145us-gaap_SharebasedCompensationArrangementBySharebasedPaymentAwardOptionsNonvestedNumberOfShares
/ us-gaap_AwardDateAxis
= chrw_Range5Member
2014  
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]  
Options granted, net of forfeitures 1,213,374us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsGrantsInPeriod
/ us-gaap_AwardDateAxis
= chrw_Range6Member
Weighted average grant date fair value $ 14.23us-gaap_SharebasedCompensationArrangementBySharebasedPaymentAwardOptionsNonvestedWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
/ us-gaap_AwardDateAxis
= chrw_Range6Member
Unvested options 1,213,374us-gaap_SharebasedCompensationArrangementBySharebasedPaymentAwardOptionsNonvestedNumberOfShares
/ us-gaap_AwardDateAxis
= chrw_Range6Member