The remuneration system in mining is a set of conditions and regulations which enable setting and implementation of payment of wages in compliance with competency, complexity and responsibility of personnel. Ineffective remuneration is one of the key factors to cutting down productive time of personnel, work quality and economic efficiency of a whole mine. As a rule, this situation is a consequence of lacking interaction between the rate of wages and work quality of employees in the remuneration system, moreover, figures, which govern the rate of wages, have no considerable influence on production efficiency. This article describes approach to the remuneration system for maintenance personnel. This approach ensures workers’ concernment in the required level of operability and in reduction in unit cost of corrective maintenance of mining and haulage machines. In terms of the process equipment repair department Chernogorsky Repair and Engineering Works, the key production indexes are calculated by the presented procedure.