Employee Compensation and Benefit Plans - 401(k) and ESOP (Details) - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Employee Benefits Disclosure [Line Items]
Number of shares allocated to participants in ESOP	6,100	12,094	14,442
Defined Contribution Plan, The 401(k) Plan
Employee Benefits Disclosure [Line Items]
Maximum percentage of pre-tax income employees are allowed to contribute towards 401(k) plan	75.00%
Maximum annual amount allowable for employee contributions	$ 20,500	$ 19,500	$ 19,000
Maximum percentage of employer matching contributions towards 401(k) plan	5.00%
Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), Plan
Employee Benefits Disclosure [Line Items]
Maximum percentage of employee's eligible pay earned in the fiscal year contributed by the company in cash or common stock towards ESOP	10.00%
ESOP contributions vesting period	5 years

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Employee Benefits Disclosure [Line Items]

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Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Contribution Vesting Period

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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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Maximum amount the employee may contribute 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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The shares or units in an ESOP trust that have been assigned to individual participant accounts based on a known formula. IRS rules require allocations to be nondiscriminatory generally based on compensation, length of service, or a combination of both. For any particular participant such shares or units may be vested, unvested, or partially vested.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 718
-SubTopic 40
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (d)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=109244661&loc=d3e17540-113929

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