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Pay vs Performance Disclosure - USD ($)
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2022
Dec. 31, 2021
Dec. 31, 2020
Pay vs Performance Disclosure [Table]      
Pay vs Performance [Table Text Block]
The table below sets forth executive compensation and financial performance disclosures required in accordance with SEC rules. Executive CAP is calculated as prescribed under SEC rules and does not represent compensation in addition to what is disclosed under the section “— Compensation of Directors and Executive Officers” above.
 
Compensation Actually Paid Table
 
Year
 
  
Summary
Compensation
Table Total
for Current
PEO
 
  
Compensation
Actually Paid
to Current
PEO
 
  
Summary
Compensation
Table Total
for Former
PEO
 
  
Compensation
Actually Paid
to Former
PEO
 
  
Average
Summary
Compensation
Table Total
for Non-PEO
NEOs
 
  
Average
Compensation 
Actually Paid
to Non-PEO

NEOs
 
  
 
Value of Initial Fixed
$100 Investment Based
On:
 
  
GAAP
Net Income
 
  
Non-GAAP Net 

Income
 
 
Total
Shareholder
Return
 
  
Peer Group
Total
Shareholder
Return
 
(a)
  
(b)
  
(c)
  
(b)
  
(c)
  
(d)
  
(e)
  
(f)
  
(g)
  
(h)
  
(i)
2022
  
$9,409,550
  
$10,833,283
  
N/A
  
N/A
  
$2,694,092
  
$2,823,562
  
$146.62
  
$109.38
  
$707,755,000
  
$725,192,000
2021
  
$8,653,559
  
$19,061,746
  
N/A
  
N/A
  
$2,443,255
  
$4,095,176
  
$159.47
  
$163.56
  
$692,843,000
  
$694,658,000
2020
  
$5,713,517
  
$6,977,473
  
$12,232,506
  
($5,656,107)
  
$1,919,848
  
$356,273
  
$105.89
  
$132.80
  
$521,571,000
  
$565,101,000
 
(b)
Represents the total from the Summary Compensation Table in each applicable year for Dr. Batra, who has served as the Company’s President and CEO effective September 1, 2020, and Mr. Christopher J. O’Connell, who transitioned from his position as President and CEO of the Company on September 1, 2020 and served as a senior advisor until December 31, 2020.
 
(c)
Represents the amount of CAP to Dr. Batra and, as applicable, Mr. O’Connell, as computed in accordance with Item 402(v) of Regulation
S-K.
The dollar amounts do not reflect the actual amount of compensation earned by or paid to Dr. Batra or Mr. O’Connell during the applicable year and were not considered by the Compensation Committee at the time it made decisions with respect to Dr. Batra’s or Mr. O’Connell’s compensation. See reconciliation below for adjustments made to the Summary Compensation Table to determine CAP for the relevant year.
 
(d)
Represents the average of the total from the Summary Compensation Table in each applicable year for other named executive officers as a group, other than the principal executive officers (Dr. Batra and Mr. O’Connell). The other named executive officers (excluding Dr. Batra and Mr. O’Connell) included for purposes of calculating the average amounts for each applicable year are as follows: (i) for 2022, Amol Chaubal, Jianqing Y. Bennett, Jonathan M. Pratt and Keeley A. Aleman; (ii) for 2021, Amol Chaubal, Jianqing Y. Bennett, Dr. Belinda G. Hyde, Jonathan M. Pratt and Michael F. Silveira; and (iii) for 2020, Sherry L. Buck, Dr. Michael C. Harrington, Ian S. King and Jonathan M. Pratt.
 
(e)
Represents the average amount of CAP to the other named executive officers as a group (excluding Dr. Batra and Mr. O’Connell), as computed in accordance with Item 402(v) of Regulation
S-K.
The dollar amounts do not reflect the actual average amount of compensation earned by or paid to the other named executive officers as a group (excluding Dr. Batra and Mr. O’Connell) during the applicable year and were not considered by the Compensation Committee at the time it made decisions with respect to the compensation of the other named executive officers. See reconciliation below for adjustments made to the Summary Compensation Table to determine CAP for the relevant year.
 
(f)
Represents the cumulative total return on $100 invested in the Company’s common stock as of December 31, 2019 (the last day of public trading of the Company’s common stock in fiscal year 2019) through the last day of public trading of the Company’s common stock in the applicable fiscal year for which the cumulative total return is reported. The Company has not paid any dividends since its IPO.
 
(g)
Represents the weighted cumulative total return on $100 invested as of December 31, 2019 (the last day of public trading in fiscal year 2019) through the last day of public trading in the applicable fiscal year for which the cumulative total return is reported, weighted according to the respective companies’ stock market capitalization at the beginning of each period for which a return is indicated. The peer group used for this purpose is the SIC Code 3826 Index – Laboratory Analytical Instruments. The return of this index is calculated assuming reinvestment of dividends during the period presented.
 
(h)
Represents GAAP net income as disclosed in the Waters Corporation Annual Report on Form
10-K
for the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020, as applicable.
 
(i)
Represents
non-GAAP
net income as disclosed in the press releases attached to the Waters Corporation Current Reports on Form
8-K
filed with the SEC on February 15, 2023, February 1, 2022 and February 2, 2021 that contained the Company’s results of operations for the year ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020, respectively, which can be found on the Company’s website at https://www.waters.com under the caption “Investors.” A reconciliation of GAAP to
non-GAAP
net income can be found in such press releases.
   
Company Selected Measure Name non-GAAP net income    
Named Executive Officers, Footnote [Text Block] (i) for 2022, Amol Chaubal, Jianqing Y. Bennett, Jonathan M. Pratt and Keeley A. Aleman; (ii) for 2021, Amol Chaubal, Jianqing Y. Bennett, Dr. Belinda G. Hyde, Jonathan M. Pratt and Michael F. Silveira; and (iii) for 2020, Sherry L. Buck, Dr. Michael C. Harrington, Ian S. King and Jonathan M. Pratt.    
Peer Group Issuers, Footnote [Text Block] Represents the weighted cumulative total return on $100 invested as of December 31, 2019 (the last day of public trading in fiscal year 2019) through the last day of public trading in the applicable fiscal year for which the cumulative total return is reported, weighted according to the respective companies’ stock market capitalization at the beginning of each period for which a return is indicated. The peer group used for this purpose is the SIC Code 3826 Index – Laboratory Analytical Instruments. The return of this index is calculated assuming reinvestment of dividends during the period presented.    
Adjustment To PEO Compensation, Footnote [Text Block]
 
The table below summarizes the reconciliation of compensation from the Summary Compensation Table above to compensation actually paid as calculated under SEC rules. The valuation assumptions used to calculate the fair values of options, RSUs and PSUs include the stock price as of the applicable measuring date and, in the case of PSUs, the probable outcome of the performance conditions as of the applicable measuring date (or actual performance results approved by the Compensation Committee as of the applicable vesting date). Otherwise, the assumptions used to calculate fair values did not materially differ from those used in our disclosures of fair value as of the grant date. The Company does not have a pension plan or equity awards that vest in the same year they are granted.
 
 
Reconciliation of Summary Compensation Table to Compensation Actually Paid Table
 
  Executive Officer
  
Year
    
Summary
Compensation
Table Total
  
Reported Grant
Date Value of
Equity Awards
  
Year End Fair
Value of Equity
Awards
Granted During
the Year
  
Change in Fair
Value of Equity
Awards
Granted in
Prior Years that
Vested During
the Year
  
Year Over Year
Change in Fair
Value of
Outstanding
and Unvested
Awards
Granted in
Prior Years
  
Amount
Deducted for
Forfeitures
  
Compensation
Actually Paid
 
  
 
 
 
  
(a)
  
(b)
  
(c)
  
(d)
  
(e)
  
(f)
  
(g)
 
  Current PEO
  
 
2022
 
  
$9,409,550
  
($6,294,800)
  
$8,396,507
  
($859,208)
  
$181,234
  
—
  
$10,833,283
 
 
2021
 
  
$8,653,559
  
($5,285,282)
  
$10,507,886
  
$1,581,675
  
$3,603,908
  
—
  
$19,061,746
 
 
2020
 
  
$5,713,517
  
($4,999,866)
  
$6,263,822
  
—
  
—
  
—
  
$6,977,473
 
  Former PEO
  
 
2020
 
  
$12,232,506
  
($6,134,183)
  
—
  
($697,354)
  
—
  
($11,057,076)
  
($5,656,107)
 
  Average for
  Non-PEO
NEOs
  
 
2022
 
  
$2,694,092
  
($1,510,829)
  
$1,962,571
  
($174,706)
  
($147,566)
  
—
  
$2,823,562
 
 
2021
 
  
$2,443,255
  
($1,384,327)
  
$2,306,695
  
$49,978
  
$679,575
  
—
  
$4,095,176
 
 
2020
 
  
$1,919,848
  
($1,269,585)
  
$952,400
  
($69,516)
  
($220,479)
  
($956,395)
  
$356,273
 
(a)
Represents the total from the Summary Compensation Table in each applicable year.
 
(b)
The grant date fair value of equity awards represents the total amounts reported in the “Stock Awards” and “Options Awards” columns in the Summary Compensation Table for the applicable year.
 
(c)
Represents the
year-end
fair value of equity awards granted in the applicable year that are outstanding and unvested as of the end of the year. Amounts included in this column, with respect to PSUs, represent the probability of achievement at each valuation date.
 
(d)
Represents the fair value of equity awards that vested during the applicable year on the date of vesting as compared with the fair value at the beginning of the applicable fiscal year. Amounts included in this column, with respect to PSUs, represent the probability of achievement at each valuation date.
 
(e)
Represents the change in fair value as of the end of the applicable year (from the end of the prior fiscal year) in fair value of any awards granted in prior years that are outstanding and unvested as of the end of the applicable year. Amounts included in this column, with respect to PSUs, represent the probability of achievement at each valuation date.
 
(f)
Represents the fair value of equity awards forfeited during the applicable year as recomputed in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718 on the date of forfeiture as compared with the fair value at the beginning of the applicable fiscal year.
 
(g)
Represents the total CAP from the Compensation Actually Paid Table.
   
Non-PEO NEO Average Total Compensation Amount $ 2,694,092 $ 2,443,255 $ 1,919,848
Non-PEO NEO Average Compensation Actually Paid Amount $ 2,823,562 4,095,176 356,273
Adjustment to Non-PEO NEO Compensation Footnote [Text Block]
The table below summarizes the reconciliation of compensation from the Summary Compensation Table above to compensation actually paid as calculated under SEC rules. The valuation assumptions used to calculate the fair values of options, RSUs and PSUs include the stock price as of the applicable measuring date and, in the case of PSUs, the probable outcome of the performance conditions as of the applicable measuring date (or actual performance results approved by the Compensation Committee as of the applicable vesting date). Otherwise, the assumptions used to calculate fair values did not materially differ from those used in our disclosures of fair value as of the grant date. The Company does not have a pension plan or equity awards that vest in the same year they are granted.
 
 
Reconciliation of Summary Compensation Table to Compensation Actually Paid Table
 
  Executive Officer
  
Year
    
Summary
Compensation
Table Total
  
Reported Grant
Date Value of
Equity Awards
  
Year End Fair
Value of Equity
Awards
Granted During
the Year
  
Change in Fair
Value of Equity
Awards
Granted in
Prior Years that
Vested During
the Year
  
Year Over Year
Change in Fair
Value of
Outstanding
and Unvested
Awards
Granted in
Prior Years
  
Amount
Deducted for
Forfeitures
  
Compensation
Actually Paid
 
  
 
 
 
  
(a)
  
(b)
  
(c)
  
(d)
  
(e)
  
(f)
  
(g)
 
  Current PEO
  
 
2022
 
  
$9,409,550
  
($6,294,800)
  
$8,396,507
  
($859,208)
  
$181,234
  
—
  
$10,833,283
 
 
2021
 
  
$8,653,559
  
($5,285,282)
  
$10,507,886
  
$1,581,675
  
$3,603,908
  
—
  
$19,061,746
 
 
2020
 
  
$5,713,517
  
($4,999,866)
  
$6,263,822
  
—
  
—
  
—
  
$6,977,473
 
  Former PEO
  
 
2020
 
  
$12,232,506
  
($6,134,183)
  
—
  
($697,354)
  
—
  
($11,057,076)
  
($5,656,107)
 
  Average for
  Non-PEO
NEOs
  
 
2022
 
  
$2,694,092
  
($1,510,829)
  
$1,962,571
  
($174,706)
  
($147,566)
  
—
  
$2,823,562
 
 
2021
 
  
$2,443,255
  
($1,384,327)
  
$2,306,695
  
$49,978
  
$679,575
  
—
  
$4,095,176
 
 
2020
 
  
$1,919,848
  
($1,269,585)
  
$952,400
  
($69,516)
  
($220,479)
  
($956,395)
  
$356,273
 
(a)
Represents the total from the Summary Compensation Table in each applicable year.
 
(b)
The grant date fair value of equity awards represents the total amounts reported in the “Stock Awards” and “Options Awards” columns in the Summary Compensation Table for the applicable year.
 
(c)
Represents the
year-end
fair value of equity awards granted in the applicable year that are outstanding and unvested as of the end of the year. Amounts included in this column, with respect to PSUs, represent the probability of achievement at each valuation date.
 
(d)
Represents the fair value of equity awards that vested during the applicable year on the date of vesting as compared with the fair value at the beginning of the applicable fiscal year. Amounts included in this column, with respect to PSUs, represent the probability of achievement at each valuation date.
 
(e)
Represents the change in fair value as of the end of the applicable year (from the end of the prior fiscal year) in fair value of any awards granted in prior years that are outstanding and unvested as of the end of the applicable year. Amounts included in this column, with respect to PSUs, represent the probability of achievement at each valuation date.
 
(f)
Represents the fair value of equity awards forfeited during the applicable year as recomputed in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718 on the date of forfeiture as compared with the fair value at the beginning of the applicable fiscal year.
 
(g)
Represents the total CAP from the Compensation Actually Paid Table.
   
Compensation Actually Paid vs. Total Shareholder Return [Text Block]
The following graph compares CAP to the Company’s TSR, the peer group TSR and GAAP and
non-GAAP
net income for the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020.
 
LOGO 		   
Compensation Actually Paid vs. Net Income [Text Block]
The following graph compares CAP to the Company’s TSR, the peer group TSR and GAAP and
non-GAAP
net income for the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020.
 
LOGO 		   
Compensation Actually Paid vs. Company Selected Measure [Text Block]
The following graph compares CAP to the Company’s TSR, the peer group TSR and GAAP and
non-GAAP
net income for the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020.
 
LOGO 		   
Total Shareholder Return Vs Peer Group [Text Block]
The following graph compares CAP to the Company’s TSR, the peer group TSR and GAAP and
non-GAAP
net income for the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020.
 
LOGO 		   
Tabular List [Table Text Block]
 
Most Important Measures for Determining Named
Executive Officer Performance-Based Pay
 
Non-GAAP
constant currency revenue
 
Non-GAAP
net income
 
Relative total shareholder return
    
Total Shareholder Return Amount $ 146.62 159.47 105.89
Peer Group Total Shareholder Return Amount 109.38 163.56 132.8
Net Income (Loss) $ 707,755,000 $ 692,843,000 $ 521,571,000
Company Selected Measure Amount 725,192,000 694,658,000 565,101,000
The Cumulative Total Return of the Companys Common Stock 147.00%    
The Cumulative Total Return of the Peer Group Common Stock 109.00%    
Equity Awards Granted Vest Over a Period for RSUs 5 years    
Equity Awards Granted Vest After a Period for PSUs 3 years    
Percentage of AIP Annual Target of Direct Compensation Minimum 15.00%    
Percentage of AIP Annual Target of Direct Compensation Maximum 20.00%    
Non GAAP Net Income Metric Weighting 50.00%    
Percentage of Long term Equity Incentives including Annual Target more than 50%    
Measure [Axis]: 1      
Pay vs Performance Disclosure [Table]      
Measure Name Non-GAAP constant currency revenue    
Measure [Axis]: 2      
Pay vs Performance Disclosure [Table]      
Measure Name Non-GAAP net income    
Non-GAAP Measure Description [Text Block] Represents
non-GAAP
net income as disclosed in the press releases attached to the Waters Corporation Current Reports on Form
8-K
filed with the SEC on February 15, 2023, February 1, 2022 and February 2, 2021 that contained the Company’s results of operations for the year ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020, respectively, which can be found on the Company’s website at https://www.waters.com under the caption “Investors.” A reconciliation of GAAP to
non-GAAP
net income can be found in such press releases.
   
Measure [Axis]: 3      
Pay vs Performance Disclosure [Table]      
Measure Name Relative total shareholder return    
Dr. Batra [Member]      
Pay vs Performance Disclosure [Table]      
PEO Total Compensation Amount $ 9,409,550 $ 8,653,559 $ 5,713,517
PEO Actually Paid Compensation Amount $ 10,833,283 19,061,746 6,977,473
PEO Name Dr. Batra    
Mr. Christopher J. OConnell [Member]      
Pay vs Performance Disclosure [Table]      
PEO Total Compensation Amount     12,232,506
PEO Actually Paid Compensation Amount     (5,656,107)
PEO Name Mr. Christopher J. O’Connell    
PEO [Member]      
Pay vs Performance Disclosure [Table]      
Approximate Performance Based Pay 88.00%    
PEO [Member] | Dr. Batra [Member] | Reported Grant Date Value of Equity Awards [Member]      
Pay vs Performance Disclosure [Table]      
Adjustment to Compensation Amount $ (6,294,800) (5,285,282) (4,999,866)
PEO [Member] | Dr. Batra [Member] | Year End Fair Value of Equity Awards Granted During the Year [Member]      
Pay vs Performance Disclosure [Table]      
Adjustment to Compensation Amount 8,396,507 10,507,886 6,263,822
PEO [Member] | Dr. Batra [Member] | Change in Fair Value of Equity Awards Granted in Prior Years that Vested During the Year [Member]      
Pay vs Performance Disclosure [Table]      
Adjustment to Compensation Amount (859,208) 1,581,675 0
PEO [Member] | Dr. Batra [Member] | Year Over Year Change in Fair Value of Outstanding and Unvested Awards Granted in Prior Years [Member]      
Pay vs Performance Disclosure [Table]      
Adjustment to Compensation Amount 181,234 3,603,908 0
PEO [Member] | Dr. Batra [Member] | Amount Deducted for Forfeitures [Member]      
Pay vs Performance Disclosure [Table]      
Adjustment to Compensation Amount $ 0 0 0
PEO [Member] | Mr. Christopher J. OConnell [Member] | Reported Grant Date Value of Equity Awards [Member]      
Pay vs Performance Disclosure [Table]      
Adjustment to Compensation Amount     (6,134,183)
PEO [Member] | Mr. Christopher J. OConnell [Member] | Year End Fair Value of Equity Awards Granted During the Year [Member]      
Pay vs Performance Disclosure [Table]      
Adjustment to Compensation Amount     0
PEO [Member] | Mr. Christopher J. OConnell [Member] | Change in Fair Value of Equity Awards Granted in Prior Years that Vested During the Year [Member]      
Pay vs Performance Disclosure [Table]      
Adjustment to Compensation Amount     (697,354)
PEO [Member] | Mr. Christopher J. OConnell [Member] | Year Over Year Change in Fair Value of Outstanding and Unvested Awards Granted in Prior Years [Member]      
Pay vs Performance Disclosure [Table]      
Adjustment to Compensation Amount     0
PEO [Member] | Mr. Christopher J. OConnell [Member] | Amount Deducted for Forfeitures [Member]      
Pay vs Performance Disclosure [Table]      
Adjustment to Compensation Amount     (11,057,076)
Non-PEO NEO [Member]      
Pay vs Performance Disclosure [Table]      
Approximate Performance Based Pay 78.00%    
Non-PEO NEO [Member] | Reported Grant Date Value of Equity Awards [Member]      
Pay vs Performance Disclosure [Table]      
Adjustment to Compensation Amount $ (1,510,829) (1,384,327) (1,269,585)
Non-PEO NEO [Member] | Year End Fair Value of Equity Awards Granted During the Year [Member]      
Pay vs Performance Disclosure [Table]      
Adjustment to Compensation Amount 1,962,571 2,306,695 952,400
Non-PEO NEO [Member] | Change in Fair Value of Equity Awards Granted in Prior Years that Vested During the Year [Member]      
Pay vs Performance Disclosure [Table]      
Adjustment to Compensation Amount (174,706) 49,978 (69,516)
Non-PEO NEO [Member] | Year Over Year Change in Fair Value of Outstanding and Unvested Awards Granted in Prior Years [Member]      
Pay vs Performance Disclosure [Table]      
Adjustment to Compensation Amount (147,566) 679,575 (220,479)
Non-PEO NEO [Member] | Amount Deducted for Forfeitures [Member]      
Pay vs Performance Disclosure [Table]      
Adjustment to Compensation Amount $ 0 $ 0 $ (956,395)