The MCO rate is adjusted on January 1 each year, based on the prior year's change, if any, in the Consumer Price Index for urban wage earners and clerical workers for the San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose metropolitan statistical area. The required for-profit rates under the Minimum Compensation Ordinance for prior years are as follows:

•  December 8, 2020
  • For Profit Rate is $18.24/hour
  • Non-Profit Rate is $17.05/hour
  • Public Entities Rate is $17.25/hour 
• September 1, 2020
  • ​For Profit Rate is $18.24/hour
  • Non-Profit Rate is $16.50/hour
  • Public Entities Rate is 17.25/hour
•  July 1, 2020
  • For-Profit Rate is $18.24/hour
  • Non-Profit Rate is $16.50/hour
  • Public Entities Rate is $16.50/hour
• July 1, 2019 
  • For-Profit Rate is $17.66/hour
  • Non-Profit Rate is $16.50/hour
  • Public Entities Rate is $16.50/hour
• February 1, 2019 - Public Entities Rate is $16.00 per hour. MCO rate remains $17.00 per hour for For-Profits. Non-Profits pay no less than the San Francisco Minimum Wage of $15.00 per hour.
• November 11, 2018 - For-Profit Rate is $17.00 per hour. Non-Profits pay no less than the San Francisco Minimum Wage of $15.00 per hour. 
• July 1, 2018 - Employers in San Francisco must pay the SF minimum wage rate of $15.00 per hour; MCO rate remains $14.02 per hour for employers outside of San Francisco.
• January 1, 2018: MCO rate is $14.02/hour
• July 1, 2017 - Employers in San Francisco must pay the SF minimum wage rate of $14.00 per hour; MCO rate remains $13.64 per hour for employers outside of San Francisco. 
• January 1, 2017- July 1, 2017: $13.64/ hour 
• 2016: $13.34 / hour
• 2015: $13.02/ hour
• 2014: $12.66/ hour
• 2013: $12.43/ hour
• 2012: $12.06/ hour
• 2011: $11.69/ hour
• 2010: $11.54/ hour
• 2009: $11.54/ hour
• 2008: $11.03/ hour
• 2007: $10.77/ hour
• 2006: $10.77/ hour
• 2005: $10.77/ hour
• 2004: $10.51/ hour
• 2003: $10.25/ hour
• 2002: $10.00/ hour
• 2001: $9.00/ hour