The main engine of growth of rural income comes from wage income，wage income subject to a number of factors. Comb on the basis of both the analysis of the factors，based on the 1997 and 2007，China’s provincial-level panel data of the main factors affecting the empirical analysis，the results showed that：① urbanization，the denationalization of urban income levels，law degree of perfection and the wage income of rural residents is a positive correlation；② The gap between urban and rural areas，financial development and market-oriented rural residents wage income was negatively correlated；③ openness，the proportion of primary industry and rural residents pay income relationship depends on the economic level of social development；④ The accelerating GDP impact of the wage income of rural residents form. These results remained solid in the use of different measurement methods and sub-regional circumstances.