diff --git a/cmd/ghalistener/metrics/metrics.go b/cmd/ghalistener/metrics/metrics.go
index a9353cccbd..2280c78894 100644
--- a/cmd/ghalistener/metrics/metrics.go
+++ b/cmd/ghalistener/metrics/metrics.go
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ const (
 	MetricIdleRunners                 = "gha_idle_runners"
 	MetricStartedJobsTotal            = "gha_started_jobs_total"
 	MetricCompletedJobsTotal          = "gha_completed_jobs_total"
+	MetricJobQueueDurationSeconds     = "gha_job_queue_duration_seconds"
 	MetricJobStartupDurationSeconds   = "gha_job_startup_duration_seconds"
 	MetricJobExecutionDurationSeconds = "gha_job_execution_duration_seconds"
 )
@@ -71,6 +72,7 @@ var metricsHelp = metricsHelpRegistry{
 		MetricIdleRunners:       "Number of registered runners not running a job.",
 	},
 	histograms: map[string]string{
+		MetricJobQueueDurationSeconds:     "Time spent waiting for workflow jobs to get assigned to the scale set after queueing (in seconds).",
 		MetricJobStartupDurationSeconds:   "Time spent waiting for workflow job to get started on the runner owned by the scale set (in seconds).",
 		MetricJobExecutionDurationSeconds: "Time spent executing workflow jobs by the scale set (in seconds).",
 	},
@@ -259,6 +261,16 @@ var defaultMetrics = v1alpha1.MetricsConfig{
 		},
 	},
 	Histograms: map[string]*v1alpha1.HistogramMetric{
+		MetricJobQueueDurationSeconds: {
+			Labels: []string{
+				labelKeyEnterprise,
+				labelKeyOrganization,
+				labelKeyRepository,
+				labelKeyJobName,
+				labelKeyEventName,
+			},
+			Buckets: defaultRuntimeBuckets,
+		},
 		MetricJobStartupDurationSeconds: {
 			Labels: []string{
 				labelKeyEnterprise,
@@ -481,6 +493,9 @@ func (e *exporter) PublishJobStarted(msg *actions.JobStarted) {
 	l := e.startedJobLabels(msg)
 	e.incCounter(MetricStartedJobsTotal, l)
 
+	queueDuration := msg.ScaleSetAssignTime.Unix() - msg.QueueTime.Unix()
+	e.observeHistogram(MetricJobQueueDurationSeconds, l, float64(queueDuration))
+
 	startupDuration := msg.RunnerAssignTime.Unix() - msg.ScaleSetAssignTime.Unix()
 	e.observeHistogram(MetricJobStartupDurationSeconds, l, float64(startupDuration))
 }
diff --git a/cmd/ghalistener/metrics/metrics_test.go b/cmd/ghalistener/metrics/metrics_test.go
index 850560fbc1..dbf262ec8f 100644
--- a/cmd/ghalistener/metrics/metrics_test.go
+++ b/cmd/ghalistener/metrics/metrics_test.go
@@ -67,6 +67,10 @@ func TestInstallMetrics(t *testing.T) {
 				Buckets: []float64{0.1, 1},
 			},
 			// histogram metric should be registered with default runtime buckets
+			MetricJobQueueDurationSeconds: {
+				Labels: []string{labelKeyRepository},
+			},
+			// histogram metric should be registered with default runtime buckets
 			MetricJobStartupDurationSeconds: {
 				Labels: []string{labelKeyRepository},
 			},
@@ -77,7 +81,7 @@ func TestInstallMetrics(t *testing.T) {
 	got := installMetrics(metricsConfig, reg, logr.Discard())
 	assert.Len(t, got.counters, 1)
 	assert.Len(t, got.gauges, 1)
-	assert.Len(t, got.histograms, 2)
+	assert.Len(t, got.histograms, 3)
 
 	assert.Equal(t, got.counters[MetricStartedJobsTotal].config, metricsConfig.Counters[MetricStartedJobsTotal])
 	assert.Equal(t, got.gauges[MetricAssignedJobs].config, metricsConfig.Gauges[MetricAssignedJobs])