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The post adjustment multiplier (PAM), also known as the post adjustment classification (PAC), determines the post adjustment amount that is added to the base salary as compensation for the cost of living at the various duty stations. One point of the post adjustment multiplier corresponds to one percent of the staff member's net base salary.

 

In principle, the PAM is obtained by subtracting 100 from the PAI. However, the determination of the actual multiplier is subject to several administrative rules and procedures governing the post adjustment system which have been approved over the years by the Commission and the General Assembly. These rules and procedures are based on practical or financial considerations with very little relationship to the measurement of the cost of living at the duty stations. Consequently, the PAM is not always directly related to the PAI.