Retirement Plans	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019
Retirement Plans
Retirement Plans	Note 11. Retirement Plans The company sponsors several 401(k) retirement savings and profit sharing plans (Plans) for eligible employees, which are considered “qualified plans” for federal income tax purposes. The company’s total expense for the Plans was $98.8 million, $156.7 million, and $92.5 million for the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018, and 2017, respectively. The company’s profit sharing component is 8% of consolidated pretax income excluding noncontrolling interests and other items. The resulting company profit sharing component was $73.6 million, $138.7 million, and $80.7 million for the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018, and 2017, respectively; of which $58.9 million, $108.1 million, and $64.5 million, respectively, was directed by the company’s board of directors to be contributed to the Plans, with the remaining amounts each year paid directly in cash to the Plans’ participants.

Retirement Plans

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Note 11. Retirement Plans

The company sponsors several 401(k) retirement savings and profit sharing plans (Plans) for eligible employees, which are considered “qualified plans” for federal income tax purposes. The company’s total expense for the Plans was $98.8 million, $156.7 million, and $92.5 million for the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018, and 2017, respectively. The company’s profit sharing component is 8% of consolidated pretax income excluding noncontrolling interests and other items. The resulting company profit sharing component was $73.6 million, $138.7 million, and $80.7 million for the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018, and 2017, respectively; of which $58.9 million, $108.1 million, and $64.5 million, respectively, was directed by the company’s board of directors to be contributed to the Plans, with the remaining amounts each year paid directly in cash to the Plans’ participants.