Deferred Compensation Arrangement With Individual, Annual Compensation Expense

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Deferred Compensation Arrangement With Individual, Number Of Participants

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Deferred Compensation Arrangement With Individual, Vested Deferred Compensation, Percent

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Defined Contribution Plan, Maximum Annual Contributions Per Employee, Percent Of Bonuses

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The compensation expense recognized during the period pertaining to the deferred compensation arrangement.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Aggregate carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the liabilities for all deferred compensation arrangements payable beyond one year (or the operating cycle, if longer).

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Aggregate carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the liabilities for all deferred compensation arrangements payable within one year (or the operating cycle, if longer). Represents currently earned compensation under compensation arrangements that is not actually paid until a later date.

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Aggregate carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the liabilities for all deferred compensation arrangements. Represents currently earned compensation under compensation arrangements that is not actually paid until a later date.

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Carrying amount as of the balance sheet date of assets held under deferred compensation agreements.

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Amount of discretionary contributions made by an employer to a defined contribution plan.

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Maximum percentage of employee gross pay the employee may contribute to a defined contribution plan.

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Benefit Plans - Additional Information (Details) $ in Thousands	1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended			36 Months Ended	134 Months Ended
	Nov. 30, 2007 participant	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Postretirement Benefits [Line Items]
Maximum contributions of annual participants compensation, percent		80.00%
Maximum contributions of participants bonuses, percent		100.00%
Discretionary contributions by employer		$ 4,138	$ 4,636	$ 5,431
Deferred compensation plan liabilities, noncurrent		$ 11,896	13,425		$ 11,896
Executive Officers and Board of Directors
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Postretirement Benefits [Line Items]
Percentage of vested deferred compensation		100.00%
Deferred compensation plan assets		$ 1,924	3,055		1,924
Deferred compensation plan liabilities		5,104	6,192		5,104
Spouse Of Executive
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Postretirement Benefits [Line Items]
Annual deferred compensation payment					1,500
Supplemental Employment Retention Agreement \| Deferred Profit Sharing \| Executive Officer
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Postretirement Benefits [Line Items]
Deferred compensation plan assets		9,539	11,037		9,539
Deferred compensation plan liabilities		13,396	14,925		13,396
Number of participants in retention agreement \| participant	1
Funding of deferred compensations						$ 1,500
Deferred compensation plan liabilities, current		1,500			1,500
Deferred compensation plan liabilities, noncurrent		$ 11,896	$ 13,425		$ 11,896