The relevance of the research topic and the identification of an unsolved problem. Compliance with the above conditions necessitates the development of such a remuneration system so that it is able to form among the teaching staff of universities the level of labor efficiency that is necessary for the implementation of both the goals of the university and the goals of employees. A very extensive experience of stimulating the labor activity of university teachers has been accumulated in foreign countries, therefore, it seems appropriate to study and analyze it in order to be able to extrapolate positive experience in stimulating the labor of some states to others. The article is devoted to a comparative analysis of the systems of remuneration and incentive of the teaching staff of higher educational institutions of Kazakhstan, Belarus and foreign countries. In particular, the foreign experience of paying and stimulating the work of university teachers from countries such as Germany, Great Britain, USA, Canada and Japan is considered.