Receivables and Contract Assets

6 Months Ended

Mar. 27, 2026

Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable, Gross, Allowance, and Net [Abstract]

The following table presents the components of receivables and contract assets appearing in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets at March 27, 2026 and September 26, 2025, as well as certain other related information (in thousands):


	March 27, 2026		September 26, 2025
Components of receivables and contract assets:
Amounts billed, net	$	1,592,906	$	1,386,253
Unbilled receivables and other	1,407,460		1,115,286
Contract assets	555,235		487,528
Total receivables and contract assets, net	$	3,555,601	$	2,989,067

Amounts billed, net consist of amounts invoiced to clients in accordance with the terms of our client contracts and are shown net of an allowance for expected credit losses. We anticipate that substantially all of such billed amounts will be collected over the next twelve months.

Unbilled receivables and other, which represent an unconditional right to payment subject only to the passage of time, are reclassified to amounts billed when they are billed under the terms of the contract. We anticipate that substantially all of such unbilled amounts will be billed and collected over the next twelve months.

Contract assets represent unbilled amounts where the right to payment is subject to more than merely the passage of time and includes performance-based incentives and services that have been provided in advance of agreed contractual milestones. Contract assets are transferred to unbilled receivables when the right to consideration becomes unconditional and are transferred to amounts billed upon invoicing.

JACOBS SOLUTIONS INC. 10-Q