Commitments - Narrative (Details) $ / shares in Units, ft² in Thousands		6 Months Ended	12 Months Ended	16 Months Ended
	Oct. 22, 2021 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Feb. 28, 2023 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Aug. 31, 2022 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Feb. 28, 2023 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Feb. 07, 2023 sponsorship	Nov. 30, 2022 sponsorship	May 02, 2022	Oct. 19, 2021 shares	Jun. 21, 2021	Jun. 07, 2021 ft²	Apr. 29, 2021 USD ($) sponsorship	Oct. 01, 2020	Aug. 13, 2020
Operating Leased Assets [Line Items]
Operating lease, impairment loss			$ 3,900,000
Loss contingency accrual		$ 3,800,000	$ 3,800,000	$ 3,800,000
Operating Lease, Liability, Current, Statement of Financial Position [Extensible Enumeration]		Accounts payable and other accrued liabilities	Accounts payable and other accrued liabilities	Accounts payable and other accrued liabilities
Other commitments, number of special purpose acquisition company sponsorships | sponsorship					0	1					4
Other commitments, percentage of outstanding shares, per acquisition company											15.00%
Class of warrant or right, outstanding (in shares) | shares		1,252,749	522,786	1,252,749
Exercise price of warrants (in dollars per share) | $ / shares		$ 33.61	$ 47.99	$ 33.61
Outstanding uncollectible loans		$ 700,000		$ 700,000
IPO | IHC
Operating Leased Assets [Line Items]
Sale of stock, number of common shares issued per unit (in shares) | shares								1
Proceeds from initial public offering of IHC	$ 115,000,000
IPO | IHC | Placement Warrants
Operating Leased Assets [Line Items]
Class of warrant or right, outstanding (in shares) | shares	4,639,102
Sale of warrants, price per share (in dollars per share) | $ / shares	$ 1.00
Aggregate purchase price	$ 4,639,102
Exercise price of warrants (in dollars per share) | $ / shares	$ 11.50
IPO | IHC
Operating Leased Assets [Line Items]
Class of warrant or right, number of securities called by each warrant or right (in shares) | shares								1
Shiftpixy Founders
Operating Leased Assets [Line Items]
Other commitments, percentage of outstanding shares, per acquisition company											15.00%
Special Purpose Acquisition Company, 1
Operating Leased Assets [Line Items]
Other commitment											$ 25,000
Special Purpose Acquisition Company, 2
Operating Leased Assets [Line Items]
Other commitment											25,000
Special Purpose Acquisition Company, 3
Operating Leased Assets [Line Items]
Other commitment											25,000
Special Purpose Acquisition Company, 4
Operating Leased Assets [Line Items]
Other commitment											$ 25,000
Special Purpose Acquisition Company, Maximum Amount Per Individual Loan
Operating Leased Assets [Line Items]
Other commitment	$ 500,000
Special Purpose Acquisition Companies
Operating Leased Assets [Line Items]
Payments for other commitments				$ 900,000
Miami Office Space Facility
Operating Leased Assets [Line Items]
Operating lease term													7 years
Operating lease, monthly expense		57,000
ShiftPixy Labs Facility
Operating Leased Assets [Line Items]
Operating lease term												64 months
Operating lease, monthly expense		34,000
Miami Verifone Facility
Operating Leased Assets [Line Items]
Operating lease, monthly expense		26,000
Area of real estate property | ft²										8
Sublease term										3 years
Sunrise Facility
Operating Leased Assets [Line Items]
Operating lease term									77 months
Operating lease, monthly expense		27,000
Second Irvine Facility
Operating Leased Assets [Line Items]
Operating lease term							60 months
Operating lease, monthly expense		$ 24,000
Operating lease, rent abatement percentage		50.00%
Operating lease, rent abatement period		4 months