CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EARNINGS - USD ($) shares in Millions, $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016	Oct. 02, 2015	Sep. 26, 2014
Revenues:
Product	$ 2,142.3	$ 2,077.9	$ 2,083.8
Service	1,075.5	1,021.2	966.0
Total revenues	3,217.8	3,099.1	3,049.8
Cost of revenues:
Product	1,411.9	1,390.2	1,314.6
Service	444.6	426.2	433.5
Total cost of revenues	1,856.5	1,816.4	1,748.1
Gross margin	1,361.3	1,282.7	1,301.7
Operating expenses:
Research and development	253.5	245.2	234.8
Selling, general and administrative	540.1	488.5	470.6
Separation costs	16.9	0.0	0.0
Litigation settlement	0.0	0.0	25.1
Total operating expenses	810.5	733.7	730.5
Operating earnings	550.8	549.0	571.2
Interest income	17.4	13.6	10.5
Interest expense	(11.8)	(7.9)	(7.2)
Earnings before taxes	556.4	554.7	574.5
Taxes on earnings	153.7	142.7	170.8
Net earnings	402.7	412.0	403.7
Less: Net earnings attributable to noncontrolling interests	0.4	0.5	0.0
Net earnings attributable to Varian	$ 402.3	$ 411.5	$ 403.7
Net earnings per share - basic (in dollars per share)	$ 4.22	$ 4.13	$ 3.88
Net earnings per share - diluted (in dollars per share)	$ 4.19	$ 4.09	$ 3.83
Shares used in the calculation of net earnings per share:
Weighted average shares outstanding - basic (in shares)	95.4	99.7	104.0
Weighted average shares outstanding - diluted (in shares)	96.0	100.6	105.3