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Divestiture - Narrative (Details) (USD $)
Share data in Millions, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified
6 Months Ended 3 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2014
Jun. 30, 2014
Sep. 24, 2014
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]          
Common stock, par value $ 0.10us-gaap_CommonStockParOrStatedValuePerShare   $ 0.10us-gaap_CommonStockParOrStatedValuePerShare $ 0.10us-gaap_CommonStockParOrStatedValuePerShare  
Dividend received from Disposal Entity $ 825,000,000adp_DividendReceivedfromDisposalEntity $ 0adp_DividendReceivedfromDisposalEntity      
CDK Global Inc [Member]          
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]          
Date of Spinoff 9/30/2014        
Date of record for ADP stockholders to receive Disposal Entity's shares September 24, 2014        
ADP share to be converted to Disposal Entity's Shares         $ 1adp_NumberofCDKsharesforthreeADPShares
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Common stock, par value $ 0.01us-gaap_CommonStockParOrStatedValuePerShare
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  $ 0.01us-gaap_CommonStockParOrStatedValuePerShare
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Disposal Entity's shares converted from Parent shares         $ 3adp_ADPsharesconvertedtoCDK
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Shares Distributed of Disposal Entity's common stock 160.6adp_SharesDistributedofCDKcommonstock
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  160.6adp_SharesDistributedofCDKcommonstock
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Reduction in retained earnings due to net assets 1,500,000,000adp_Reductioninretainedearningsduetonetassets
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Dividend received from Disposal Entity 825,000,000adp_DividendReceivedfromDisposalEntity
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Separation Costs, Incurred Cost (45,300,000)adp_SeparationCostsIncurredCost
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  (2,500,000)adp_SeparationCostsIncurredCost
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Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) [Member]          
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]          
Disposal Date Feb. 28, 2014        
Gain (Loss) from Disposal from Disposal Entity $ 15,600,000us-gaap_DiscontinuedOperationGainLossFromDisposalOfDiscontinuedOperationBeforeIncomeTax
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