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Acquisitions (Schedule of Purchase Price Allocation) (Details) (USD $)
1 Months Ended 12 Months Ended 1 Months Ended 0 Months Ended 3 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2013
May 15, 2012
Sep. 30, 2012
Dec. 31, 2012
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 05, 2013
Business Acquisition [Line Items]                
contingent consideration maximum             $ 11,000,000asgn_Contingentconsiderationmaximum  
CyberCoders [Member]                
Business Acquisition [Line Items]                
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Other Noncurrent Assets               915,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedOtherNoncurrentAssets
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Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Current Assets               11,329,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedCurrentAssets
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Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill               37,860,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedIntangibleAssetsOtherThanGoodwill
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Business Acquisition, Effective Date of Acquisition Dec. 05, 2013              
Business Acquisition, Name of Acquired Entity CyberCoders Holdings, Inc              
Business Acquisition, Description of Acquired Entity a provider of permanent placement services headquartered in Irvine, California.              
Business Combination, Reason for Business Combination The primary reason for the acquisition was to expand the Company's permanent placement services.              
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred 96,600,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationConsiderationTransferred1
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Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Property, Plant, and Equipment               3,327,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedPropertyPlantAndEquipment
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BusinessCombinationRecognizedGoodwill               69,018,000asgn_BusinessCombinationRecognizedGoodwill
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Goodwill, Acquired During Period   69,018,000us-gaap_GoodwillAcquiredDuringPeriod
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Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Assets               122,449,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedAssets
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Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Current Liabilities               9,022,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedCurrentLiabilities
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Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Noncurrent Liabilities, Other               16,839,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedNoncurrentLiabilitiesOther
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Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Liabilities               25,861,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedLiabilities
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Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired, Goodwill, and Liabilities Assumed, Net               96,588,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredGoodwillAndLiabilitiesAssumedNet
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Business Acquisition, Cost of Acquired Entity, Cash Paid 93,600,000us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross
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Business Acquisition Contingent Consideration At Fair Value Accrued Earn-Out 3,000,000asgn_BusinessAcquisitionContingentConsiderationAtFairValueAccruedEarnOut
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contingent consideration maximum               11,000,000asgn_Contingentconsiderationmaximum
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Business Combination, Acquisition Related Costs   1,500,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationAcquisitionRelatedCosts
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Whitaker [Member]                
Business Acquisition [Line Items]                
Business Acquisition, Effective Date of Acquisition     Dec. 02, 2013          
Business Acquisition, Name of Acquired Entity     Whitaker Medical, LLC          
Business Acquisition, Description of Acquired Entity     a provider of physician staffing services headquartered in Houston, Texas          
Apex Systems                
Business Acquisition [Line Items]                
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Other Noncurrent Assets       494,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedOtherNoncurrentAssets
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Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Current Assets       172,042,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedCurrentAssets
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Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill       251,555,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedIntangibleAssetsOtherThanGoodwill
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Business Acquisition, Effective Date of Acquisition       May 15, 2012        
Business Acquisition, Name of Acquired Entity       Apex Systems, Inc.        
Business Acquisition, Description of Acquired Entity       a privately-owned provider of information technology staffing headquartered in Richmond, Virginia.        
Business Combination, Reason for Business Combination       The primary reason for the acquisition was to expand the Company's information technology staffing services.        
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred       610,800,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationConsiderationTransferred1
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Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Property, Plant, and Equipment       902,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedPropertyPlantAndEquipment
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BusinessCombinationRecognizedGoodwill       264,590,000asgn_BusinessCombinationRecognizedGoodwill
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Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Assets       689,583,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedAssets
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Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Current Liabilities       77,905,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedCurrentLiabilities
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Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Noncurrent Liabilities, Other       850,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedNoncurrentLiabilitiesOther
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Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Liabilities       78,755,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedLiabilities
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Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired, Goodwill, and Liabilities Assumed, Net       610,828,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredGoodwillAndLiabilitiesAssumedNet
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Business Acquisition, Cost of Acquired Entity, Cash Paid       385,000,000us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross
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300,000us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross
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Business Combination, Acquisition Related Costs           9,800,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationAcquisitionRelatedCosts
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Contractor Relations [Member] | CyberCoders [Member]                
Business Acquisition [Line Items]                
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill               4,000,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedIntangibleAssetsOtherThanGoodwill
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Contractor Relations [Member] | Apex Systems                
Business Acquisition [Line Items]                
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill       10,589,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedIntangibleAssetsOtherThanGoodwill
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Customer Relationships [Member] | CyberCoders [Member]                
Business Acquisition [Line Items]                
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill               860,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedIntangibleAssetsOtherThanGoodwill
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Customer Relationships [Member] | Apex Systems                
Business Acquisition [Line Items]                
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill       92,147,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedIntangibleAssetsOtherThanGoodwill
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Noncompete Agreements [Member] | CyberCoders [Member]                
Business Acquisition [Line Items]                
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill               800,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedIntangibleAssetsOtherThanGoodwill
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Noncompete Agreements [Member] | Apex Systems                
Business Acquisition [Line Items]                
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill       2,076,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedIntangibleAssetsOtherThanGoodwill
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Software [Member] | CyberCoders [Member]                
Business Acquisition [Line Items]                
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill               18,900,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedIntangibleAssetsOtherThanGoodwill
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Trademarks [Member] | CyberCoders [Member]                
Business Acquisition [Line Items]                
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill               13,300,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedIntangibleAssetsOtherThanGoodwill
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Trademarks [Member] | Apex Systems                
Business Acquisition [Line Items]                
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill       $ 146,743,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedIntangibleAssetsOtherThanGoodwill
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