The article considers theoretical and practical aspects of tariff systems as the basis for wage organization at enterprises of the business sector of the economy. Based on the analysis of practice, the specifics of their application at the present stage of the economic development of the republic are revealed, specific proposals for the application of tariff models of payment and workers’ tariff grids are developed depending on various factors. In addition, during the process of deepening market reforms, the emergence of various models of tariff systems. These models of tariff grids, in turn, can be applied at enterprises of the business sector of the economy, regardless of the spheres of economic activity. At the same time, a differentiated approach to the choice of each of them, depending on the size of the organizations, the type and range of products, the availability of structural subdivisions and branches and other factors, seems appropriate.