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From time to time it is necessary to incorporate (or consolidate) a number of post adjustment multiplier points into base salaries. This is done primarily to maintain a base/floor net salary level in line with the comparator salary level (United States of America civil service).  In the past, consolidation has taken place both with and without salary increases, depending on timing and other factors.  It is important to note, however, that consolidation is in itself not a salary increase. When consolidation takes place, the level of post adjustment is lowered at all duty stations to take account of the number of index points transferred from post adjustment into the base salary. However, since the consolidation of post adjustment into net base salary cannot result in negative post adjustment (the lowest post adjustment multiplier is zero), for duty stations where the multiplier is zero or near zero some real increase in salary may result from consolidation.