Employee Benefit Plans - Employee Savings Plans (Details) - Employee Savings Plan - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Defined Contribution Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Defined contribution, maximum employee contribution, percentage of eligible compensation	50.00%
Defined contribution, maximum annual contributions per employee, percent	4.00%	4.00%	4.00%
Defined contribution, maximum annual contributions per employee	$ 13,200	$ 12,200	$ 11,600
Defined contribution, total expenses	$ 61,000,000	$ 58,000,000	$ 54,000,000

Defined Contribution Plan, Maximum Employee Contribution, Percentage

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Amount of cost for defined contribution plan.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Topic 715
-SubTopic 70
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-Publisher FASB
-URI https://asc.fasb.org//1943274/2147480794/715-70-50-1

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Maximum amount the employee may contribute to a defined contribution plan.

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