diff --git a/runners/google-cloud-dataflow-java/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/runners/dataflow/options/DataflowStreamingPipelineOptions.java b/runners/google-cloud-dataflow-java/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/runners/dataflow/options/DataflowStreamingPipelineOptions.java
index d9c6c5f16764..15da9ea85202 100644
--- a/runners/google-cloud-dataflow-java/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/runners/dataflow/options/DataflowStreamingPipelineOptions.java
+++ b/runners/google-cloud-dataflow-java/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/runners/dataflow/options/DataflowStreamingPipelineOptions.java
@@ -158,6 +158,16 @@ public interface DataflowStreamingPipelineOptions extends PipelineOptions {
 
   void setWindmillHarnessUpdateReportingPeriod(Duration value);
 
+  @Description(
+      "Specifies how often system defined per-worker metrics are reported. These metrics are "
+          + " reported on the worker updates path so this number will be rounded up to the "
+          + " nearest multiple of WindmillHarnessUpdateReportingPeriod. If that value is 0, then "
+          + " these metrics are never sent.")
+  @Default.Integer(30000)
+  int getPerWorkerMetricsUpdateReportingPeriodMillis();
+
+  void setPerWorkerMetricsUpdateReportingPeriodMillis(int value);
+
   @Description("Limit on depth of user exception stack trace reported to cloud monitoring.")
   @Default.InstanceFactory(MaxStackTraceDepthToReportFactory.class)
   int getMaxStackTraceDepthToReport();
diff --git a/runners/google-cloud-dataflow-java/worker/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/runners/dataflow/worker/StreamingDataflowWorker.java b/runners/google-cloud-dataflow-java/worker/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/runners/dataflow/worker/StreamingDataflowWorker.java
index 22d3b105c2b3..a40ab514176c 100644
--- a/runners/google-cloud-dataflow-java/worker/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/runners/dataflow/worker/StreamingDataflowWorker.java
+++ b/runners/google-cloud-dataflow-java/worker/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/runners/dataflow/worker/StreamingDataflowWorker.java
@@ -753,7 +753,9 @@ public void start() {
       scheduledExecutors.add(statusPageTimer);
     }
     workCommitter.start();
-    workerStatusReporter.start(options.getWindmillHarnessUpdateReportingPeriod().getMillis());
+    workerStatusReporter.start(
+        options.getWindmillHarnessUpdateReportingPeriod().getMillis(),
+        options.getPerWorkerMetricsUpdateReportingPeriodMillis());
     activeWorkRefresher.start();
   }
 
diff --git a/runners/google-cloud-dataflow-java/worker/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/runners/dataflow/worker/streaming/harness/StreamingWorkerStatusReporter.java b/runners/google-cloud-dataflow-java/worker/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/runners/dataflow/worker/streaming/harness/StreamingWorkerStatusReporter.java
index 409f0337eebd..90cc9c411c44 100644
--- a/runners/google-cloud-dataflow-java/worker/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/runners/dataflow/worker/streaming/harness/StreamingWorkerStatusReporter.java
+++ b/runners/google-cloud-dataflow-java/worker/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/runners/dataflow/worker/streaming/harness/StreamingWorkerStatusReporter.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 import com.google.api.services.dataflow.model.WorkItemStatus;
 import com.google.api.services.dataflow.model.WorkerMessage;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.math.RoundingMode;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Iterator;
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@
 import org.apache.beam.vendor.guava.v32_1_2_jre.com.google.common.annotations.VisibleForTesting;
 import org.apache.beam.vendor.guava.v32_1_2_jre.com.google.common.collect.ListMultimap;
 import org.apache.beam.vendor.guava.v32_1_2_jre.com.google.common.collect.MultimapBuilder;
+import org.apache.beam.vendor.guava.v32_1_2_jre.com.google.common.math.LongMath;
 import org.apache.beam.vendor.guava.v32_1_2_jre.com.google.common.util.concurrent.ThreadFactoryBuilder;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
@@ -81,6 +83,12 @@ public final class StreamingWorkerStatusReporter {
   private final ScheduledExecutorService globalWorkerUpdateReporter;
   private final ScheduledExecutorService workerMessageReporter;
 
+  // PerWorkerMetrics are sent on the WorkerMessages channel, and are sent one in every
+  // perWorkerMetricsUpdateFrequency RPC call. If 0, PerWorkerMetrics are not reported.
+  long perWorkerMetricsUpdateFrequency = 0L;
+  // Used to track the number of WorkerMessages that have been sent without PerWorkerMetrics.
+  long workerMessagesIndex = 0L;
+
   private StreamingWorkerStatusReporter(
       boolean publishCounters,
       WorkUnitClient dataflowServiceClient,
@@ -194,8 +202,12 @@ private static void shutdownExecutor(ScheduledExecutorService executor) {
   }
 
   @SuppressWarnings("FutureReturnValueIgnored")
-  public void start(long windmillHarnessUpdateReportingPeriodMillis) {
+  public void start(
+      long windmillHarnessUpdateReportingPeriodMillis,
+      long perWorkerMetricsUpdateReportingPeriodMillis) {
     reportHarnessStartup();
+    setPerWorkerMetricsUpdateFrequency(
+        windmillHarnessUpdateReportingPeriodMillis, perWorkerMetricsUpdateReportingPeriodMillis);
     if (windmillHarnessUpdateReportingPeriodMillis > 0) {
       LOG.info(
           "Starting periodic worker status reporters. Reporting period is every {} millis.",
@@ -222,6 +234,7 @@ public void stop() {
     shutdownExecutor(workerMessageReporter);
     // one last send
     reportPeriodicWorkerUpdates();
+    this.workerMessagesIndex = this.perWorkerMetricsUpdateFrequency;
     reportPeriodicWorkerMessage();
   }
 
@@ -240,6 +253,24 @@ private void reportHarnessStartup() {
     }
   }
 
+  // Calculates the PerWorkerMetrics reporting frequency, ensuring alignment with the
+  // WorkerMessages RPC schedule. The desired reporting period
+  // (perWorkerMetricsUpdateReportingPeriodMillis) is adjusted to the nearest multiple
+  // of the RPC interval (windmillHarnessUpdateReportingPeriodMillis).
+  private void setPerWorkerMetricsUpdateFrequency(
+      long windmillHarnessUpdateReportingPeriodMillis,
+      long perWorkerMetricsUpdateReportingPeriodMillis) {
+    if (windmillHarnessUpdateReportingPeriodMillis == 0) {
+      this.perWorkerMetricsUpdateFrequency = 0;
+      return;
+    }
+    this.perWorkerMetricsUpdateFrequency =
+        LongMath.divide(
+            perWorkerMetricsUpdateReportingPeriodMillis,
+            windmillHarnessUpdateReportingPeriodMillis,
+            RoundingMode.CEILING);
+  }
+
   /** Sends counter updates to Dataflow backend. */
   private void sendWorkerUpdatesToDataflowService(
       CounterSet deltaCounters, CounterSet cumulativeCounters) throws IOException {
@@ -313,11 +344,7 @@ private List<WorkerMessage> createWorkerMessage() {
     List<WorkerMessage> workerMessages = new ArrayList<>(2);
     workerMessages.add(createWorkerMessageForStreamingScalingReport());
 
-    if (StreamingStepMetricsContainer.getEnablePerWorkerMetrics()) {
-      Optional<WorkerMessage> metricsMsg = createWorkerMessageForPerWorkerMetrics();
-      metricsMsg.ifPresent(workerMessages::add);
-    }
-
+    createWorkerMessageForPerWorkerMetrics().ifPresent(metrics -> workerMessages.add(metrics));
     return workerMessages;
   }
 
@@ -334,6 +361,18 @@ private WorkerMessage createWorkerMessageForStreamingScalingReport() {
   }
 
   private Optional<WorkerMessage> createWorkerMessageForPerWorkerMetrics() {
+    if (!StreamingStepMetricsContainer.getEnablePerWorkerMetrics()
+        || perWorkerMetricsUpdateFrequency == 0) {
+      return Optional.empty();
+    }
+
+    workerMessagesIndex += 1;
+    if (workerMessagesIndex < perWorkerMetricsUpdateFrequency) {
+      return Optional.empty();
+    } else {
+      workerMessagesIndex = 0;
+    }
+
     List<PerStepNamespaceMetrics> metrics = new ArrayList<>();
     allStageInfo.get().forEach(s -> metrics.addAll(s.extractPerWorkerMetricValues()));