Object of study: the effectiveness of employment of workers in industry as a complex socio-economic phenomenon; Objective: To further develop theoretical principles and methods of evaluating the effectiveness of employment of workers in industry, taking into account the macro-, meso- and microeconomic factors; Methods and apparatus: theoretical generalization, comparison, analysis and synthesis, induction and deduction, structural and logical analysis, monographic method, dialectical method, integrated and process approaches, statistical methods: statistical analysis, multivariate factor analysis, multiple regression analysis, the method of cluster analysis, the method of taxonomy, the method of linguistic variable and statistical design expert information, the method of expert assessment, methods of sociological research, graphic; theoretical and practical results: the definitions of "performance of work" which, unlike known, is regarded as a measure of ability to deliver economic results in the present and future time, which is determined by the productivity, efficiency, quality of work, and social outcomes, defined degree of satisfaction of the needs of employees, "group work efficiency of employees" - as a measure of efficiency, productivity, quality of work; comprehensive approach to evaluating the effectiveness of employment of workers in industry, the difference of which is a hierarchical, consistent definition of the macro-, meso-, microeconomic level, the level of groups and individuals in the intellectualization of labor; methodical approach to evaluating the effectiveness of group work industrial workers who, unlike the existing ones, based on a combination of economic and social components, current and future aspects of the performance of quantitative and qualitative assessments; methodical approach to evaluating individual performance of work by employees of components: effectiveness, quality, innovation activities, training and development of personal skills; composition of macro-, meso-, microeconomic factors of labor productivity in industry in Ukraine, which is a feature of separation for homogeneous groups of countries, regions, industries and companies; model of performance management work of industrial workers and some of its components: planning and evaluation, feature models is to provide preventive performance management employment as a going concern, flexible process; degree of implementation: development implemented in practice JSC "Kharkiv-gauge", LLC "Metalplast", Abstract of the learning process; Scope: evaluating the effectiveness of employment of workers in industry