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Business Segments | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2019
Segment Reporting [Abstract] |
Segment Reporting Disclosure [Text Block] | Business Segments ASGN provides IT and professional staffing services in the technology, digital, creative, engineering and life sciences fields across commercial and government sectors. ASGN operates through its Apex, Oxford and ECS segments. The Apex Segment provides technology, digital, creative, scientific, engineering staffing and consulting services to Fortune 1000 and mid-market clients across the United States and Canada. The businesses in this segment include Apex Systems and Creative Circle. The Oxford Segment provides hard-to-find technology, digital, engineering and life sciences staffing and consulting services, in select skill and geographic markets in the United States and Europe. The businesses in this segment include Oxford Global Resources and CyberCoders. The ECS Segment delivers advanced solutions in cloud, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, machine learning, application and IT modernization, science and engineering. The Company evaluates the performance of each segment primarily based on revenues, gross profit and operating income. The information in the following tables is derived directly from the segments’ internal financial reporting used for corporate management purposes. The following tables present revenues, gross profit, operating income and amortization by reportable segment (in millions):
|  | Year ended December 31,
|  | 2019 |  | 2018 |  | 2017
Apex: |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues |  | $ | 2,520.0 |  |  | $ | 2,300.3 |  |  | $ | 2,037.2 |
Gross profit |  | 746.0 |  |  | 687.9 |  |  | 606.3 |
Operating income |  | 287.7 |  |  | 262.4 |  |  | 222.0 |
Amortization |  | 20.3 |  |  | 26.2 |  |  | 29.4 |
Oxford: |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues |  | $ | 605.7 |  |  | $ | 606.5 |  |  | $ | 588.8 |
Gross profit |  | 242.9 |  |  | 248.9 |  |  | 243.8 |
Operating income |  | 48.4 |  |  | 54.1 |  |  | 53.8 |
Amortization |  | 3.7 |  |  | 4.2 |  |  | 4.0 |
ECS: |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues |  | $ | 798.2 |  |  | $ | 493.0 |  |  | $ | — |
Gross profit |  | 141.1 |  |  | 86.9 |  |  | — |
Operating income |  | 42.2 |  |  | 15.5 |  |  | — |
Amortization |  | 27.1 |  |  | 28.1 |  |  | — |
Corporate: |  |  |  |  |  |
Operating loss(1) |  | $ | (69.7 | ) |  | $ | (71.8 | ) |  | $ | (51.1 | )
Consolidated: |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues |  | $ | 3,923.9 |  |  | $ | 3,399.8 |  |  | $ | 2,626.0 |
Gross profit |  | 1,130.0 |  |  | 1,023.7 |  |  | 850.1 |
Operating income |  | 308.6 |  |  | 260.2 |  |  | 224.7 |
Amortization |  | 51.1 |  |  | 58.5 |  |  | 33.4 |
_________ (1) Corporate expenses primarily consist of consolidated stock-based compensation expense, compensation for corporate employees, acquisition, integration and strategic planning expenses, public company expenses and depreciation expense for corporate assets. The following table presents revenues by type (in millions):
|  | Year Ended December 31,
|  | 2019 |  | 2018 |  | 2017
Apex: |  |  |  |  |  |
Assignment |  | $ | 2,463.6 |  |  | $ | 2,244.5 |  |  | $ | 1,993.3 |
Permanent placement |  | 56.4 |  |  | 55.8 |  |  | 43.9 |
|  | $ | 2,520.0 |  |  | $ | 2,300.3 |  |  | $ | 2,037.2 |
Oxford: |  |  |  |  |  |
Assignment |  | $ | 522.7 |  |  | $ | 516.0 |  |  | $ | 503.1 |
Permanent placement |  | 83.0 |  |  | 90.5 |  |  | 85.7 |
|  | $ | 605.7 |  |  | $ | 606.5 |  |  | $ | 588.8 |
ECS: |  |  |  |  |  |
Firm-fixed-price |  | $ | 214.0 |  |  | $ | 133.1 |  |  | $ | — |
Time and Materials |  | 267.8 |  |  | 143.4 |  |  | — |
Cost Reimbursable |  | 316.4 |  |  | 216.5 |  |  | — |
|  | $ | 798.2 |  |  | $ | 493.0 |  |  | $ | — |
Consolidated |  | $ | 3,923.9 |  |  | $ | 3,399.8 |  |  | $ | 2,626.0 |
The following table presents the ECS segment revenues by customer type (in millions):
|  | Year Ended December 31,
|  | 2019 |  | 2018
Department of Defense and Intelligence Agencies |  | $ | 453.9 |  |  | $ | 311.0 |
Federal Civilian |  | 293.6 |  |  | 150.9 |
Commercial and Other |  | 50.7 |  |  | 31.1 |
|  | $ | 798.2 |  |  | $ | 493.0 |
The Company operates internationally, with operations in the United States, Europe and Canada. The following table presents revenues by geographic location (in millions):
|  | Year Ended December 31,
|  | 2019 |  | 2018 |  | 2017
Domestic |  | $ | 3,749.2 |  |  | $ | 3,241.8 |  |  | $ | 2,494.5 |
Foreign |  | 174.7 |  |  | 158.0 |  |  | 131.5 |
|  | $ | 3,923.9 |  |  | $ | 3,399.8 |  |  | $ | 2,626.0 |
The following table presents total assets by reportable segment (in millions):
|  | December 31,
|  | 2019 |  | 2018
Apex |  | $ | 1,504.5 |  |  | $ | 1,368.5 |
Oxford |  | 433.8 |  |  | 421.2 |
ECS |  | 935.2 |  |  | 865.6 |
Corporate(1) |  | 67.9 |  |  | 32.5 |
|  | $ | 2,941.4 |  |  | $ | 2,687.8 |
_________ (1) Corporate segment assets include workers’ compensation receivable and rabbi trust assets related to deferred compensation for employees of other segments. These programs are managed by the Company's corporate office and the related balances are recorded at corporate. These assets have offsetting liabilities for workers' compensation loss reserves and the Company's deferred compensation plan. The following table presents long-lived assets by geographic location (in millions):
|  | December 31,
|  | 2019 |  | 2018
Domestic |  | $ | 71.4 |  |  | $ | 76.7 |
Foreign |  | 2.3 |  |  | 2.4 |
|  | $ | 73.7 |  |  | $ | 79.1 |

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- Definition The entire disclosure for reporting segments including data and tables. Reportable segments include those that meet any of the following quantitative thresholds a) it's reported revenue, including sales to external customers and intersegment sales or transfers is 10 percent or more of the combined revenue, internal and external, of all operating segments b) the absolute amount of its reported profit or loss is 10 percent or more of the greater, in absolute amount of 1) the combined reported profit of all operating segments that did not report a loss or 2) the combined reported loss of all operating segments that did report a loss c) its assets are 10 percent or more of the combined assets of all operating segments. + References Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2134510 + Details
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