# Will US income inequality increase by 2025?

According to DQYDJ, as of 2018 the gross income for a US household at the 80th percentile is $127,144.40 The gross income for a US household at the 20th percentile is$24,913.40.

Therefore, the gross income of a household at the 80th percentile is 5.10345 times the gross income of a household at the 20th percentile.

At any point before 01 January 2025, will the gross income of a US household at the 80th percentile be more than 6.12414 times that of a US household at the 20th percentile; or, in other words, will this specific measurement of household income inequality increase by at least 20%?

For the purpose of this question, we shall refer to the data released by the U.S. census bureau (which is the same data used by DQYDJ) or any other source of economic data listed in the prediction resources page if the U.S. census bureau no longer publishes the relevant data.

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