Accrued Liabilities (Accrued Liabilities) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2019	Oct. 01, 2018	[1],[2]	Sep. 30, 2018		Sep. 30, 2017	Sep. 30, 2016
Accrued Liabilities
Salaries and other member benefits	$ 115,649			$ 88,643
Warranties	27,309			20,130		$ 13,597	$ 15,993
Interest payable	13,808			18,611
Accrued retirement benefits	3,587			3,571
Current portion of loss reserve on contractual lease commitments	1,245			1,245
Net current contract liabilities (Note 3)	27,891			9,659
Restructuring charges	507			16,522
Taxes, other than income	15,708			21,128
Other	22,423			15,004
Accrued liabilities	$ 228,127	$ 209,138		$ 194,513	[1],[2]

[1] The value of noncash consideration in the form of exchanged products and other customer provided inventory is reflected in “Inventories,” and in contract liabilities, which are included in “Accrued liabilities.”

[2] Woodward recorded customer funding of product engineering and development identified as material rights as current and noncurrent deferred revenue contract liabilities included in “Accrued liabilities” and “Other liabilities.” The related customer funded product engineering and development costs were capitalized as costs to fulfill a contract, to the extent of the contractually committed customer funded payments, and are recorded as “Other assets.”