The results of empirical research of types of professional and value orientations of people of varied employment are presented. The author shows that value system in a professional sphere makes possible not only to realize one’s labor potential but also specifies personal development. Using proprietary technology «Diagnosis of Professional and Value Orientations of a Personality» summative assessment of the sampling of 305 respondents was conducted. The results show differences in intensity of professional and value orientations: cognitive type of professional and value orientations is characteristic of people of socionomic and signonomic professions a behavior type is more characteristic of people of «man-technology» professions mixed types of professional and value orientations are characteristic of people of bionomic and artistic professions.