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High end of range of total percentage of employees' gross pay for which the employer contributes a matching contribution to a defined contribution plan.

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Low end of range of total percentage of employees' gross pay for which the employer contributes a matching contribution to a defined contribution plan.

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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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Percentage of employees' gross pay for which the employer contributes a matching contribution to a defined contribution plan.

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Employee Benefit Plan (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
Employee Benefit Plan (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Employee Benefit Plan
Employee defined contribution plan expense	$ 0.8	$ 0.7	$ 0.1
Compensation expense for assets allocated to participants			$ 1.2
First 3% of employee contributions
Employee Benefit Plan
Percentage employer matches of the employee's percentage contribution	100.00%
Percentage of employee's gross pay for which the employer contributes a matching contribution (as a percent)	3.00%
3% - 5% of employee contributions
Employee Benefit Plan
Percentage employer matches of the employee's percentage contribution	50.00%
Percentage of employee's gross pay for which the employer contributes a matching contribution (as a percent)	2.00%
Low end of gross pay (as a percent)	3.00%
High end of gross pay (as a percent)	5.00%