CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, ASSETS SEGREGATED PURSUANT TO REGULATIONS AND DEPOSITS WITH CLEARING ORGANIZATIONS (Details) (USD $)	Jun. 30, 2011		Sep. 30, 2010		Jun. 30, 2010	Sep. 30, 2009
Cash and cash equivalents:
Cash in banks	$ 1,595,797,000		$ 2,939,963,000	[1]
Money market investments	2,891,000		3,276,000
Total cash and cash equivalents	1,598,688,000	[2]	2,943,239,000	[2]	866,196,000	2,306,085,000
Cash and securities segregated pursuant to federal regulations and other segregated assets	2,498,212,000	[3]	3,430,715,000	[1],[3]
Deposits with clearing organizations	76,639,000	[4]	76,488,000	[4]
Total segregated cash and securities and deposits with clearing organizations	4,173,539,000		6,450,442,000
Amount included in cash in banks to meet point-in-time requirement			1,800,000,000
Amount included in other segregated assets to meet point-in-time requirement			1,300,000,000
RJF Parent Company [Member]
Cash and cash equivalents:
Cash and securities segregated pursuant to federal regulations and other segregated assets	$ 655,000,000		$ 287,000,000

[1] At September 30, 2010, cash and other segregated assets included additional amounts in order for RJ Bank to meet point-in-time regulatory balance sheet composition requirements related to its qualifying as a thrift institution. The cash in banks and other segregated assets balances at September 30, 2010 included an additional $1.8 billion and $1.3 billion, respectively, resulting from the September 30, 2010 point-in-time requirement. See Note 22 on page 130 of our 2010 Form 10-K for discussion of the September 30, 2010 point-in-time requirement.

[2] Of the total, includes $655 million of RJF parent company cash and cash equivalents (nearly all of which is invested on behalf of the RJF parent company by one of its subsidiaries) as of June 30, 2011. At September 30, 2010, the RJF parent company had $287 million in cash and cash equivalents (see Note 26 on page 135 of the 2010 Form 10-K for further information).

[3] Consists of cash and cash equivalents maintained in accordance with Rule 15c3-3 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Raymond James & Associates, Inc. ("RJ&A"), as a broker-dealer carrying client accounts, is subject to requirements related to maintaining cash or qualified securities in a segregated reserve account for the exclusive benefit of its clients. Additionally, Raymond James Ltd. ("RJ Ltd.") is required to hold client Registered Retirement Savings Plan funds in trust. The $1.3 billion in other segregated assets at September 30, 2010 related to the point-in-time regulatory balance sheet composition requirements mentioned above was held as collateral by the Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta ("FHLB") securing an overnight advance. On October 1, 2010, the advance was repaid.

[4] Consists of deposits of cash and cash equivalents or other short-term securities held by other clearing organizations or exchanges.