The work performance of the village government apparatus in Sawahlunto City so far to provide services to the community has not been carried out to the maximum. There are quite a number of performance targets that have not been achieved optimally. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of competence, integrity, and emotional intelligence on the work performance of village government apparatus in Sawahlunto City. Data of this study were collected through questionnaires distributed to 45 village government apparatus in Sawahlunto City, West Sumatra. Associative descriptive analysis was used in this study. Inferential analysis techniques, namely path analysis, was used in the data analysis of this study. The results of this study showed that competence has a significant effect on emotional intelligence; integrity has a significant effect on emotional intelligence; competence has a significant effect on work performance; integrity has a significant effect on work performance; emotional intelligence has a significant effect on work performance.