Problems of remuneration of labour adjusting have been considered in Ukraine from the point of view of wages purchasing power. Negative tendencies in the field of remuneration of labour have been found and it is proved that inspite of positive dynamics of nominal wages growth in Ukraine purchasing power of citizens goes down annually. It is proved that wage levels are formed not according to complication of labour and its productivity, but to industries, especially with a monopolistic slope. The necessity of state interference strengthening into the sphere of wage adjusting with the purpose of standard increase living of workings citizens in Ukraine has been substantiated. 

remuneration of labour, purchasing power