The limit of annual employee contributions to the plan per calendar year as a percentage of compensation.

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Generally, the maximum amount an employee may contribute to a defined contribution plan for the calendar year in accordance with statutory limits.

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Represents maximum amount by the terms of the plan, that the employer may contribute for each dollar to a defined contribution plan.

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Defined Contribution Plan, Employer Matching Contribution, Vested Percent

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The requisite service period for eligibility for matching contribution by the employer.

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Amount of cost for defined contribution plan.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 715
-SubTopic 70
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=49170846&loc=d3e28014-114942

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

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BENEFIT PLANS (Details) - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
BENEFIT PLANS (Details) - USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Defined Contribution Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Maximum contribution by employees as a percentage of pre-tax earnings	50.00%
Generally the maximum amount a participant may contribute in accordance with statutory limits	$ 19,000	$ 18,500	$ 18,000
Matching contribution per participant dollar contributed	$ 0.50
Maximum contribution by employer (as a percent)	6.00%
Matching contribution made by the entity	$ 2,000,000.0	$ 1,400,000	$ 900,000
Service period one
Defined Contribution Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Employer matching contribution, vested percent	33.00%
Requisite service period for matching contribution	1 year
Service period two
Defined Contribution Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Employer matching contribution, vested percent	66.00%
Requisite service period for matching contribution	2 years
Service period three and after
Defined Contribution Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Employer matching contribution, vested percent	100.00%
Requisite service period for matching contribution	3 years