Income Taxes (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2022

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 June 30,						Nine-Months Ended June 30,
	2022			2021			2022			2021
Earnings before income taxes	$	50,287		$	58,698		$	142,129		$	184,769
Income tax expense		10,841			9,837			24,472			26,025
Effective tax rate		21.6	%		16.8	%		17.2	%		14.1	%