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Income Taxes Income Taxes (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2024
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rates | Our effective income tax rates were as follows:
| Three Months Ended September 30, |  | Nine Months Ended September 30,
| 2024 |  | 2023 |  | 2024 |  | 2023
Effective income tax rate | 22.7 | % |  | 26.8 | % |  | 23.4 | % |  | 23.2 | %

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