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EARNINGS PER SHARE (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2019

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Schedule of Earnings Per Share, Basic and Diluted [Table Text Block]

The following table sets forth the details of basic and diluted earnings per share:

	Three Months Ended								Nine Months Ended
	September 30								September 30
(In thousands, except per share data)	2019				2018				2019				2018
Net income attributable to WESCO International	$	64,495			$	66,849			$	170,329			$	169,210
Weighted-average common shares outstanding used in computing basic earnings per share	42,100				47,010				43,545				47,044
Common shares issuable upon exercise of dilutive equity awards	278				476				355				503
Weighted-average common shares outstanding and common share equivalents used in computing diluted earnings per share	42,378				47,486				43,900				47,547
Earnings per share attributable to WESCO International
Basic	$	1.53			$	1.42			$	3.91			$	3.60
Diluted	$	1.52			$	1.41			$	3.88			$	3.56

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Tabular disclosure of an entity's basic and diluted earnings per share calculations, including a reconciliation of numerators and denominators of the basic and diluted per-share computations for income from continuing operations.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 260
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
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