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Equity and Long-Term Incentive Compensation Plans - Stock Options Activities (Details)

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Equity and Long-Term Incentive Compensation Plans - Stock Options Activities (Details) (USD $)
3 Months Ended 9 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Dec. 31, 2014
Mar. 31, 2014
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
Stock Options Activity Rollforward
Outstanding stock options as of June 30, 2014, shares 141,000us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsOutstandingNumber
Granted, shares 4,000us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsGrantsInPeriod
Exercised, shares (118,000)us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesStockOptionsExercised
Canceled/expired/forfeited, shares (11,000)us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsForfeituresAndExpirationsInPeriod
Outstanding stock options as of March 31, 2015 (all outstanding and all vested and exercisable), shares 16,000us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsOutstandingNumber 16,000us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsOutstandingNumber
Stock Options, Weighted Average Exercise Price Rollforward
Outstanding stock options as of June 30, 2014, weighted-average exercise price $ 40.70us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsOutstandingWeightedAverageExercisePrice
Stock options granted, weighted-average exercise price $ 32.11us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementsByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsGrantsInPeriodWeightedAverageExercisePrice
Stock options exercised, weighted-average exercise price $ 40.42us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementsByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsExercisesInPeriodWeightedAverageExercisePrice
Stock options canceled/expired/forfeited, weighted-average exercise price $ 39.97us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsForfeituresAndExpirationsInPeriodWeightedAverageExercisePrice
Outstanding stock options as of March 31, 2015 (all outstanding and all vested and exercisable), weighted-average exercise price $ 31.28us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsOutstandingWeightedAverageExercisePrice $ 31.28us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsOutstandingWeightedAverageExercisePrice
Adjustments in period 4,245klac_SharebasedCompensationArrangementbySharebasedPaymentAwardAdjustmentsinPeriod
Unrecognized stock-based compensation related to outstanding stock options $ 0us-gaap_EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationNonvestedAwardsTotalCompensationCostNotYetRecognizedStockOptions $ 0us-gaap_EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationNonvestedAwardsTotalCompensationCostNotYetRecognizedStockOptions
Weighted-average remaining contractual terms for total options outstanding under all plans and for total options vested and exercisable under all plans (in years) 0 years 1 month
Aggregate intrinsic values for total options outstanding under all plans and for total options vested and exercisable under all plans 400,000us-gaap_SharebasedCompensationArrangementBySharebasedPaymentAwardOptionsExercisableIntrinsicValue1 400,000us-gaap_SharebasedCompensationArrangementBySharebasedPaymentAwardOptionsExercisableIntrinsicValue1
Options Exercised [Abstract]
Total intrinsic value of options exercised 171,000us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsExercisesInPeriodTotalIntrinsicValue 4,626,000us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsExercisesInPeriodTotalIntrinsicValue 4,090,000us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsExercisesInPeriodTotalIntrinsicValue 15,940,000us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsExercisesInPeriodTotalIntrinsicValue
Total cash received from employees and non-employee Board members as a result of stock option exercises 175,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromStockOptionsExercised 13,334,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromStockOptionsExercised 5,392,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromStockOptionsExercised 70,065,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromStockOptionsExercised
Tax benefits realized by the Company in connection with these exercises $ 59,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxExpenseFromStockOptionsExercised $ 1,147,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxExpenseFromStockOptionsExercised $ 1,828,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxExpenseFromStockOptionsExercised $ 4,825,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxExpenseFromStockOptionsExercised
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