Income Taxes (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2020

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Tax Expense and Effective Tax Rate

The following table sets forth the tax expense and the effective tax rate for Woodward’s earnings before income taxes:

	Three-Months Ended
	December 31,
	2020			2019
Earnings before income taxes	$	47,584		$	61,548
Income tax expense		6,014			8,175
Effective tax rate		12.6	%		13.3	%