Consolidated Statements of Income - USD ($) $ in Millions		3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
		Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2014
Net sales
Products and systems	[1]	$ 8,681	$ 8,903	$ 25,771	$ 26,066
Services	[1]	927	930	2,659	2,731
Net sales		9,608	9,833	28,430	28,797
Cost of sales
Products and systems	[1]	7,256	7,623	21,722	22,406
Services	[1]	646	630	1,820	1,833
Cost of sales		7,902	8,253	23,542	24,239
Gross profit		1,706	1,580	4,888	4,558
Selling, general and administrative expenses		(975)	(943)	(2,955)	(2,901)
Loss on business divestitures - net		0	(95)	0	(86)
Restructuring and impairment costs		0	(162)	0	(162)
Net financing charges		(75)	(67)	(215)	(178)
Equity income		91	88	275	273
Income from continuing operations before income taxes		747	401	1,993	1,504
Income tax provision		215	154	465	358
Net income from continuing operations		532	247	1,528	1,146
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax (Note 4)		(325)	(48)	(218)	(149)
Net income		207	199	1,310	997
Income from continuing operations attributable to noncontrolling interests		29	17	92	73
Income from discontinued operations attributable to noncontrolling interests		0	6	4	18
Net income attributable to Johnson Controls, Inc.		178	176	1,214	906
Amounts attributable to Johnson Controls, Inc. common shareholders
Income from continuing operations		503	230	1,436	1,073
Loss from discontinued operations		$ (325)	$ (54)	$ (222)	$ (167)
Earnings (loss) per share
Basic earnings per share from continuing operations		$ 0.77	$ 0.35	$ 2.19	$ 1.61
Basic loss per share from discontinued operations		(0.50)	(0.08)	(0.34)	(0.25)
Basic earnings per share	[2]	0.27	0.26	1.85	1.36
Diluted earnings per share from continuing operations		0.76	0.34	2.16	1.59
Diluted loss per share from discontinued operations		(0.49)	(0.08)	(0.33)	(0.25)
Diluted earnings per share		$ 0.27	$ 0.26	$ 1.83	$ 1.34

[1] Products and systems consist of Automotive Experience and Power Solutions products and systems and Building Efficiency installed systems. Services are Building Efficiency technical services.

[2] Certain items do not sum due to rounding.