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Segment Information
 12 Months Ended
Sep. 29, 2023
Segment Reporting [Abstract]  
Segment Information Segment Information
During the first quarter of fiscal 2023, the Company reorganized its operating and reporting structure to report results under a new operating segment, Divergent Solutions, in addition to the current operating segments. The Company's four operating segments are now comprised of its two global lines of business ("LOBs"): Critical Mission Solutions ("CMS") and People & Places Solutions ("P&PS"), its business unit Divergent Solutions ("DVS") and its majority investment in PA Consulting. The formation of the DVS operating segment resulted in certain portions of our CMS and P&PS businesses moving to the new segment.
The Company’s Chief Executive Officer is the Chief Operating Decision Maker (“CODM”) and can evaluate the performance of each of these segments and make appropriate resource allocations among each of the segments. For purposes of the Company’s goodwill impairment testing, it has been determined that the Company’s operating segments are also its reporting units based on management’s conclusion that the components comprising each of its operating segments share similar economic characteristics and meet the aggregation criteria for reporting units in accordance with ASC 350, Intangibles-Goodwill and Other.
Under this organization, the sales function is managed by segment, and accordingly, the associated cost is embedded in the segments and reported to the respective head of each segment. In addition, a portion of the costs of other support functions (e.g., finance, legal, human resources, and information technology) is allocated to each LOB using methodologies which, we believe, effectively attribute the cost of these support functions to the revenue generating activities of the Company on a rational basis. The cost of the Company’s cash incentive plan, the Leadership Performance Plan ("LPP"), formerly named the Management Incentive Plan, and the expense associated with the Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. 2023 Stock Incentive Plan have likewise been charged to the LOBs except for those amounts determined to relate to the business as a whole (which amounts remain in other corporate expenses).
Financial information for each segment is reviewed by the CODM to assess performance and make decisions regarding the allocation of resources. The CODM evaluates the operating performance of our operating segments using segment operating profit, which is defined as consolidated operating profit less “corporate charges” (e.g., the allocated amounts described above). The Company incurs certain SG&A that relate to its business as a whole which are not allocated to the segments.
The following tables present total revenues and segment operating profit from continuing operations for each reportable segment (in thousands) and includes a reconciliation of segment operating profit to total U.S. GAAP operating profit by including certain corporate-level expenses, Restructuring and other charges (as defined in Note 16-Restructuring and Other Charges) and transaction and integration costs (in thousands).
For the Years Ended
September 29, 2023September 30, 2022October 1, 2021
Revenues from External Customers:
Critical Mission Solutions$4,693,499 $4,376,562 $4,251,690 
People & Places Solutions9,553,857 8,534,650 8,364,640 
Divergent Solutions946,914 892,317 848,901 
PA Consulting1,158,144 1,119,296 627,401 
              Total$16,352,414 $14,922,825 $14,092,632 
For the Years Ended
September 29, 2023September 30, 2022October 1, 2021
Segment Operating Profit:
Critical Mission Solutions$378,201 $355,563 $359,001 
People & Places Solutions (1)957,714 824,834 780,514 
Divergent Solutions81,768 67,552 88,026 
PA Consulting237,003 232,225 151,071 
Total Segment Operating Profit1,654,686 1,480,174 1,378,612 
Other Corporate Expenses (2)(427,053)(364,440)(340,129)
Restructuring, Transaction and Other Charges (3)(152,396)(197,884)(350,394)
Total U.S. GAAP Operating Profit1,075,237 917,850 688,089 
Total Other (Expense) Income, net (4)(158,558)(41,503)7,513 
Earnings from Continuing Operations Before Taxes$916,679 $876,347 $695,602 

(1)
Includes $19.5 million, net, in charges related to a legal settlement for the year ended October 1, 2021.
(2)
Other corporate expenses include intangibles amortization of $203.9 million, $198.6 million and $149.8 million for the years ended September 29, 2023, September 30, 2022 and October 1, 2021, respectively, with the comparative increase from fiscal 2021 to fiscal 2022 mainly attributable to higher amortization from the PA Consulting investment. Additionally, fiscal 2023 included approximately $15.0 million in net favorable impacts from cost reductions compared to the prior year period, which was associated mainly with net favorable impacts during first quarter from changes in employee benefit programs of $41.0 million offset by approximately $26.0 million in higher spend in company technology platforms and other personnel and corporate cost increases.
(3)
Fiscal 2023 includes $63.4 million relating to the activities (mainly professional services and employee separation costs, spread across all segments) around the CMS separation and $14.3 million in restructuring and other charges relating to the Company's investment in PA Consulting (primarily employee separation costs). Included in the years ended September 29, 2023, September 30, 2022 and October 1, 2021 were $48.2 million, $78.3 million and $2.4 million, respectively, in charges associated mainly with real estate impairments. Included in the year ended September 30, 2022 is $91.3 million pre-tax related to the final settlement of the Legacy CH2M Matter and net of previously recorded reserves and approximately $27 million in third party recoveries that was recorded as receivables reducing SG&A. Included in the year ended October 1, 2021 is $297.8 million of costs incurred in connection with the investment in PA Consulting, in part classified as compensation costs.
(4)
The year ended September 30, 2022 included a $13.9 million gain related to a cost method investment sold during the period and a gain of $8.7 million related to lease terminations. The year ended October 1, 2021 included $34.7 million in fair value adjustments related to our investment in Worley stock (net of Worley stock dividends) and certain foreign currency revaluations relating to ECR sale proceeds, $(38.5) million related to impairment of our AWE Management Ltd. investment and $49.6 million in fair value adjustments related to our investment in C3 stock. The investments in Worley and C3 were sold in fiscal 2021 and therefore there are no comparable amounts in fiscal 2022 or 2023. Additionally, the increase in net interest expense from fiscal 2021 to fiscal 2022 is primarily due to the higher levels of debt outstanding due to the funding of the StreetLight and BlackLynx acquisitions and increased borrowings associated with the payment of the Legacy CH2M Matter settlement in fiscal 2022, in addition to higher interest rates. The increase in net interest expense from fiscal 2022 to fiscal 2023 is due primarily to higher interest rates.
Included in other corporate expenses in the above table are costs and expenses which relate to general corporate activities as well as corporate-managed benefit and insurance programs. Such costs and expenses include: (i) those elements of SG&A expenses relating to the business as a whole; (ii) those elements of our incentive compensation plans relating to corporate personnel whose other compensation costs are not allocated to the LOBs; (iii) the amortization of intangible assets acquired as part of business combinations; (iv) the quarterly variances between the Company’s actual costs of certain of its self-insured integrated risk and employee benefit programs and amounts charged to the LOBs; and (v) certain adjustments relating to costs associated with the Company’s international defined benefit pension plans. In addition, other corporate expenses may also include from time to time certain adjustments to contract margins (both positive and negative) associated with projects, as well as other items, where it has been determined that such adjustments are not indicative of the performance of the related LOB.