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Stock-Based Employee Benefit Plans - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions | 12 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2019 | Sep. 30, 2018 | Sep. 30, 2017
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] |  |  |
Employee stock purchase plans, purchase price of the stock as a percentage of fair market value on the exercise date | 15.00% |  |
Share-based compensation expense | $ 83.0 | $ 74.8 | $ 61.2
Tax benefit related to share-based compensation expense | 12.5 | $ 15.7 | $ 20.4
Unrecognized compensation cost related to non-vested share-based compensation arrangements | $ 122.7 |  |
Unrecognized compensation cost, weighted average recognition period | 2 years 4 months 28 days |  |
Cash received from stock option exercises | $ 22.8 |  |
Tax benefit from the stock option exercises | $ 23.3 |  |
Weighted average fair value of options granted (in dollars per share) | $ 59.63 | $ 56.61 | $ 43.80
Number of options that had exercise prices lower than the market price of common stock (in shares) | 600,000 |  |
Market price of common stock (in dollars per share) | $ 303.52 |  |
Total intrinsic value of options exercised | $ 99.1 | $ 41.4 | $ 27.0
Share-based Payment Arrangement, Option |  |  |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] |  |  |
Stock option awards vesting period | 4 years |  |
Restricted Stock Units Subject To Market or Performance Conditions |  |  |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] |  |  |
Stock option awards vesting period | 3 years |  |
Restricted stock units and non-vested shares |  |  |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] |  |  |
Weighted average fair value of restricted stock units, performance stock units, and market stock units (in dollars per share) | $ 206.29 | $ 161.85 | $ 122.47
Total intrinsic value of restricted stock units, performance stock units, and market stock units | $ 91.2 | $ 70.7 | $ 58.7
Awards granted in period (in shares) | 370,000 |  |
Performance stock units (PSUs) |  |  |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] |  |  |
Weighted average fair value of restricted stock units, performance stock units, and market stock units (in dollars per share) | $ 185.05 | $ 157.17 | $ 121.30
Total intrinsic value of restricted stock units, performance stock units, and market stock units | $ 19.3 | $ 15.1 | $ 16.6
Awards granted in period (in shares) | 91,000 |  |
Market stock units (MSUs) |  |  |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] |  |  |
Weighted average fair value of restricted stock units, performance stock units, and market stock units (in dollars per share) | $ 169.46 | $ 151.78 | $ 108.09
Total intrinsic value of restricted stock units, performance stock units, and market stock units | $ 21.6 | $ 18.7 | $ 20.2
Awards granted in period (in shares) | 105,000 |  |
Market stock units (MSUs) | Performance period year one |  |  |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] |  |  |
Performance period | 1 year |  |
Market stock units (MSUs) | Performance period year two |  |  |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] |  |  |
Performance period | 2 years |  |
Market stock units (MSUs) | Performance period year three |  |  |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] |  |  |
Performance period | 3 years |  |
Maximum |  |  |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] |  |  |
Stock option awards vesting period | 4 years |  |
Maximum | Share-based Payment Arrangement, Option |  |  |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] |  |  |
Stock option awards term | 7 years |  |
Maximum | Performance stock units (PSUs) |  |  |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] |  |  |
Performance condition payout (percent) | 200.00% |  |
Minimum |  |  |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] |  |  |
Stock option awards vesting period | 3 years |  |
Minimum | Performance stock units (PSUs) |  |  |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] |  |  |
Performance condition payout (percent) | 0.00% |  |
2012 Long-Term Incentive Plan |  |  |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] |  |  |
Shares available for grants under stock plan (in shares) | 4,259,396 |  |
Employee Stock Purchase Plan |  |  |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] |  |  |
Shares available for grants under stock plan (in shares) | 1,000,000 |  |
Authorized shares of common stock for grant under stock plan (in shares) | 1,000,000 |  |
Employee stock purchase plans, percentage of salary withheld through payroll deductions to purchase FICO common stock (up to 10%) | 15.00% |  |
Employee stock purchase plans, purchase price of the stock as a percentage of fair market value on the exercise date | 85.00% |  |
Employee stock purchase plans, offering period (in months) | 6 months |  |

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