Description of the Plan (Details) - EBP 002	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025 USD ($) fund	Dec. 31, 2024 USD ($)
EBP, Description of Plan [Line Items]
Minimum ownership in affiliated entities to be eligible to participate in Plan (percent)	80.00%
Participating Company match (percent)	100.00%
Percentage of employee's eligible compensation matched (percent)	6.00%
Non-elective employer contribution (percent)	4.00%
Advisory service annual fee, percentage of average account balance (percent)	0.195%
Forfeitures	$ 653,000	$ 758,000
Rollovers contributed to the Plan	$ 29,529,000
Number of funds offered for investment \| fund	21
Portion of plan accounts that can be invested in the brokerage option	90.00%
Forfeitures applied to reduce employer contributions	$ 2,697,000
Minimum borrowing limit	1,000
Maximum borrowing limit	$ 50,000
Percentage of vested account balance (percent)	50.00%
Interest rate spread above Prime rate (percent)	1.00%
Minimum
EBP, Description of Plan [Line Items]
Small benefit distribution threshhold	$ 1
Repayment period	58 months
Maximum
EBP, Description of Plan [Line Items]
Small benefit distribution threshhold	$ 7,000
Repayment period	15 years

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EBP, Employer Contributions, Discretionary Contribution, Percentage Of Eligible Compensation

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EBP, Investment Election, Percentage Of Plan Accounts Allowable

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EBP, Note Receivable from Participant, Account, Interest Rate Spread, Percentage

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EBP, Number Of Funds Offered For Investment

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EBP, Participant Termination, Distributions, Automatic Distribution Threshhold, Amount

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Amount of increase in net asset available for benefit from contribution transferred from another qualified plan or from individual retirement account of participant in employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)). Excludes contribution for participant transmitted by employer of participant in EBP.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/exampleRef
-Topic 962
-SubTopic 325
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 55
-Paragraph 17
-Publisher FASB
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Amount of plan asset, in forfeited nonvested account, no longer allocated to participant in employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)).

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Amount of maximum account balance that participant in employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)) can borrow.

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Percentage of maximum account balance that participant in employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)) can borrow to total participant account balance.

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