The article discusses the objective aspects of the remuneration of the industrial and production personnel of the USSR in the 1960-1970s. The purpose of this work was to consider the material well-being of Soviet engineering and technical personnel, as an essential element of daily life in the country. Demonstrated statistical and numerical indicators of the material support of engineering and technical intelligentsia, wage growth, and the system of incentives for workers. After all, often at enterprises, the salary part of the ITR was based on the remuneration of the master or the technician of the workshop, and sometimes the labor of the engineers and foremen was equated, but valued equally, which caused controversy and disagreement in the team. At the same time, engineering and technical personnel and service personnel could be counted among the workers of the so-called “city-forming” enterprises of the country, who ultimately received an average of 9-10 % more than employees of other enterprises. The article mentions the fact of the actions of the leaders of large industrial enterprises, who had the right for engineers and technicians to independently set wage premiums, both to highly qualified specialists, and to masters and industry leaders. On the one hand, representatives of industrial personnel received a stable and higher average wage, and on the other hand, not always the nature of the duties of employees of enterprises directly proportional to the level of wages.
