SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2022

Share-based Payment Arrangement, Noncash Expense [Abstract]

Allocated share-based compensation expense disclosure

The impact on our results for share-based compensation was as follows:

	Three Months Ended
	January 31,
	2022		2021
	(in millions)
Cost of products and services	$	11	$	9
Research and development	6		4
Selling, general and administrative	28		27
Total share-based compensation expense	$	45	$	40

Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Fair Value Assumptions And Methodology [Text Block]

The following assumptions were used to estimate the fair value of awards granted.

	Three Months Ended
	January 31,
	2022	2021
Stock Option Plans:
Weighted average risk-free interest rate	1.3%	0.5%
Dividend yield	0.5%	0.7%
Weighted average volatility	26%	26%
Expected life	5.5 years	5.5 years
LTPP:
Volatility of Agilent shares	29%	30%
Volatility of selected peer-company shares	23%-81%	24%-57%
Pair-wise correlation with selected peers	41%	45%
Post-vest holding restriction discount for all executive awards	6.5%	6.8%