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Leases (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2021
Leases [Abstract] |
Components of lease expense | The components of lease expenses consist of following (in thousands):
|  | Year Ended December 31,
Lease Cost |  | 2021 |  | 2020 |  | 2019
Operating lease cost 1 |  | $ | 33,241 |  |  | $ | 27,825 |  |  | $ | 22,778 |
Variable lease cost 2 |  | 11,134 |  |  | 1,429 |  |  | 1,899 |
Total lease cost |  | $ | 44,375 |  |  | $ | 29,254 |  |  | $ | 24,677 |
1 Includes expense associated with short term leases of less than 12 months which is not material 2 Includes payments related to agreements with embedded leases that are not otherwise reflected on the balance sheet. These costs are associated with our manufacturing supply arrangements and fluctuate based on factory output and material price changes.
Summary of operating lease terms and discount rates | The following table provides a summary of our operating lease terms and discount rates:
|  |  |  | December 31,
Remaining Lease Term and Discount Rate |  |  |  | 2021 |  | 2020
Weighted average remaining lease term (in years) |  |  |  | 7.8 |  | 7.4
Weighted average discount rate |  |  |  | 3.2 | % |  | 4.2 | %
Schedule of operating lease liabilities | As of December 31, 2021, the future payments related to our operating lease liabilities are as follows (in thousands):
Fiscal Year Ending December 31, |  |  |  | Operating Leases
2022 |  |  |  | $ | 26,035 |
2023 |  |  |  | 24,620 |
2024 |  |  |  | 18,284 |
2025 |  |  |  | 15,517 |
2026 |  |  |  | 13,113 |
Thereafter |  |  |  | 45,461 |
Total lease payments |  |  |  | 143,030 |
Less: Imputed interest |  |  |  | (17,655) |
Total lease liabilities |  |  |  | $ | 125,375 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of lessee's lease cost. Includes, but is not limited to, interest expense for finance lease, amortization of right-of-use asset for finance lease, operating lease cost, short-term lease cost, variable lease cost and sublease income. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 842 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 4 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=123408670&loc=SL77918686-209980 + Details
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- Definition Tabular disclosure of undiscounted cash flows of lessee's operating lease liability. Includes, but is not limited to, reconciliation of undiscounted cash flows to operating lease liability recognized in statement of financial position. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 842 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 6 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=123408670&loc=SL77918701-209980 + Details
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