The article deals with the identification of empirical interrelations between wages and rising in realization of labour potential. Theoretical and methodological research base includes copyright developments in the field of sociological evaluation of the implementation of labor potential. The study revealed a motivational function of wages. The author substantiated the role of wages in increasing the implementation of labour potential of the population in our time. It is shown that the current practice of pay and its institutional features are such that wages are not an effective tool for enhancing the implementation of the population’s employment potential. The results will be helpful to employees of regional authorities, managers of enterprises and organizations
Keywords
labor potential, wages, realization of labour potential, work motivation