Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Total	Class A [Member]	Common Stock [Member] Class A [Member]	Additional Paid-In Capital [Member]	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Member]	Retained Earnings [Member]	Treasury Stock [Member]	Noncontrolling Interest [Member]
Beginning Balance at Dec. 31, 2020	$ 1,489,374		$ 722	$ 2,266,136	$ (9,758)	$ 798,573	$ (1,824,727)	$ 258,428
Beginning Balance, Shares at Dec. 31, 2020			72,195,283				(31,445,058)
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Net Income	165,551					144,352		21,199
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	1,595				1,361			234
Treasury Stock Purchases	(234,854)						$ (234,854)
Treasury Stock Purchases, Shares (in shares)							(1,940,430)
Evercore LP Units Exchanged for Class A Common Stock	1,498		$ 1	7,211				(5,714)
Evercore LP Units Exchanged for Class A Common Stock, Shares			120,143
Equity-based Compensation Awards	55,018		$ 22	51,900				3,096
Equity-based Compensation Awards, Shares			2,206,534
Dividends	(28,805)					(28,805)
Noncontrolling Interest (Note 12)	(14,980)			(2,826)				(12,154)
Ending Balance at Mar. 31, 2021	1,434,397		$ 745	2,322,421	(8,397)	914,120	$ (2,059,581)	265,089
Ending Balance, Shares at Mar. 31, 2021			74,521,960				(33,385,488)
Beginning Balance at Dec. 31, 2021	1,635,281		$ 748	2,458,779	(12,086)	1,418,382	$ (2,545,452)	314,910
Beginning Balance, Shares at Dec. 31, 2021		37,903,430	74,804,288				(36,900,858)
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Net Income	177,094					158,016		19,078
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	(3,017)				(2,744)			(273)
Treasury Stock Purchases	$ (255,141)						$ (255,141)
Treasury Stock Purchases, Shares (in shares)	(1,991,000)						(1,991,116)
Evercore LP Units Exchanged for Class A Common Stock	$ 4,283		$ 26	162,034				(157,777)
Evercore LP Units Exchanged for Class A Common Stock, Shares			2,546,405
Equity-based Compensation Awards	66,690		$ 21	60,448				6,221
Equity-based Compensation Awards, Shares			2,109,757
Dividends	(31,633)					(31,633)
Noncontrolling Interest (Note 12)	(5,888)			(1,361)				(4,527)
Ending Balance at Mar. 31, 2022	$ 1,587,669		$ 795	$ 2,679,900	$ (14,830)	$ 1,544,765	$ (2,800,593)	$ 177,632
Ending Balance, Shares at Mar. 31, 2022		40,568,476	79,460,450				(38,891,974)