Maximus, Inc. Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Earnings Per Share

6 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2018

The weighted average number of shares outstanding used to compute earnings per share was as follows:



	Three Months Ended March 31,		Six Months Ended March 31,
(shares in thousands)	2018	2017	2018	2017
Basic weighted average shares outstanding	65,856	65,549	65,857	65,669
Dilutive effect of employee stock options and unvested RSUs	412	398	366	320
Denominator for diluted earnings per share	66,268	65,947	66,223	65,989

All of our unvested restricted stock units (RSUs) are included in the calculations of dilution above.