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EARNINGS PER SHARE (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

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
			March 31
(In thousands, except per share data)			2020						2019
Net income attributable to WESCO International			$	34,407					$	42,369
Weighted-average common shares outstanding used in computing basic earnings per share			41,837						45,076
Common shares issuable upon exercise of dilutive equity awards			238						415
Weighted-average common shares outstanding and common share equivalents used in computing diluted earnings per share			42,075						45,491
Earnings per share attributable to WESCO International
Basic			$	0.82					$	0.94
Diluted			$	0.82					$	0.93

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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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