Other Liabilities (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2023

Other Liabilities, Noncurrent [Abstract]

Schedule of Other Liabilities

	September 30, 2023		September 30, 2022
Net accrued retirement benefits, less amounts recognized within accrued liabilities	$	72,570	$	70,168
Total unrecognized tax benefits		8,020		9,757
Noncurrent income taxes payable		10,714		14,329
Deferred economic incentives (1)		5,797		7,029
Noncurrent operating lease liabilities		20,685		21,443
Net noncurrent contract liabilities		414,657		396,345
Other		11,047		10,185
	$	543,490	$	529,256

(1)Woodward receives certain economic incentives from various state and local authorities related to capital expansion projects. Such amounts are initially recorded as deferred credits and are being recognized as a reduction to pre-tax expense over the economic lives of the related capital expansion projects.