DOCUMENT AND ENTITY INFORMATION	3 Months Ended
	Dec. 28, 2012	Feb. 04, 2013
Entity Registrant Name	IEC ELECTRONICS CORP
Entity Central Index Key	0000049728
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--09-30
Entity Filer Category	Smaller Reporting Company
Trading Symbol	iec
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		10,043,090
Document Type	10-Q
Amendment Flag	false
Document Period End Date	Dec. 28, 2012
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q1
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2013