diff --git a/gobblin-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/gobblin/runtime/kafka/HighLevelConsumer.java b/gobblin-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/gobblin/runtime/kafka/HighLevelConsumer.java
index 7b494201eca..1cba016bd1e 100644
--- a/gobblin-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/gobblin/runtime/kafka/HighLevelConsumer.java
+++ b/gobblin-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/gobblin/runtime/kafka/HighLevelConsumer.java
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
 import org.apache.gobblin.kafka.client.GobblinConsumerRebalanceListener;
 import org.apache.gobblin.kafka.client.GobblinKafkaConsumerClient;
 import org.apache.gobblin.kafka.client.KafkaConsumerRecord;
+import org.apache.gobblin.metrics.ContextAwareGauge;
 import org.apache.gobblin.metrics.MetricContext;
 import org.apache.gobblin.metrics.Tag;
 import org.apache.gobblin.runtime.metrics.RuntimeMetrics;
@@ -101,6 +102,7 @@ public abstract class HighLevelConsumer<K,V> extends AbstractIdleService {
   private final ScheduledExecutorService consumerExecutor;
   private final ExecutorService queueExecutor;
   private final BlockingQueue[] queues;
+  private ContextAwareGauge[] queueSizeGauges;
   private final AtomicInteger recordsProcessed;
   private final Map<KafkaPartition, Long> partitionOffsetsToCommit;
   private final boolean enableAutoCommit;
@@ -127,7 +129,7 @@ public HighLevelConsumer(String topic, Config config, int numThreads) {
     this.consumerExecutor = Executors.newSingleThreadScheduledExecutor(ExecutorsUtils.newThreadFactory(Optional.of(log), Optional.of("HighLevelConsumerThread")));
     this.queueExecutor = Executors.newFixedThreadPool(this.numThreads, ExecutorsUtils.newThreadFactory(Optional.of(log), Optional.of("QueueProcessor-%d")));
     this.queues = new LinkedBlockingQueue[numThreads];
-    for(int i=0; i<queues.length; i++) {
+    for(int i = 0; i < queues.length; i++) {
       this.queues[i] = new LinkedBlockingQueue();
     }
     this.recordsProcessed = new AtomicInteger(0);
@@ -196,7 +198,24 @@ protected void shutdownMetrics() throws IOException {
    * this method to instantiate their own metrics.
    */
   protected void createMetrics() {
-    this.messagesRead = this.metricContext.counter(RuntimeMetrics.GOBBLIN_KAFKA_HIGH_LEVEL_CONSUMER_MESSAGES_READ);
+    String prefix = getMetricsPrefix();
+    this.messagesRead = this.metricContext.counter(prefix +
+        RuntimeMetrics.GOBBLIN_KAFKA_HIGH_LEVEL_CONSUMER_MESSAGES_READ);
+    this.queueSizeGauges = new ContextAwareGauge[numThreads];
+    for (int i = 0; i < numThreads; i++) {
+      // An 'effectively' final variable is needed inside the lambda expression below
+      int finalI = i;
+      this.queueSizeGauges[i] = this.metricContext.newContextAwareGauge(prefix +
+          RuntimeMetrics.GOBBLIN_KAFKA_HIGH_LEVEL_CONSUMER_QUEUE_SIZE_PREFIX + "-" + i,
+          () -> queues[finalI].size());
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Used by child classes to distinguish prefixes from one another
+   */
+  protected String getMetricsPrefix() {
+    return "";
   }
 
   /**
@@ -237,6 +256,7 @@ protected void startUp() {
   private void consume() {
     try {
       Iterator<KafkaConsumerRecord> itr = gobblinKafkaConsumerClient.consume();
+      // TODO: we may be committing too early and only want to commit after process messages
       if(!enableAutoCommit) {
         commitOffsets();
       }
diff --git a/gobblin-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/gobblin/runtime/metrics/RuntimeMetrics.java b/gobblin-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/gobblin/runtime/metrics/RuntimeMetrics.java
index 8fc1258ab50..dc4e26e9185 100644
--- a/gobblin-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/gobblin/runtime/metrics/RuntimeMetrics.java
+++ b/gobblin-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/gobblin/runtime/metrics/RuntimeMetrics.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ public class RuntimeMetrics {
   // Metric names
   public static final String GOBBLIN_KAFKA_HIGH_LEVEL_CONSUMER_MESSAGES_READ =
       "gobblin.kafka.highLevelConsumer.messagesRead";
+  public static final String GOBBLIN_KAFKA_HIGH_LEVEL_CONSUMER_QUEUE_SIZE_PREFIX = "gobblin.kafka.highLevelConsumer.queueSize";
   public static final String GOBBLIN_JOB_MONITOR_KAFKA_TOTAL_SPECS = "gobblin.jobMonitor.kafka.totalSpecs";
   public static final String GOBBLIN_JOB_MONITOR_KAFKA_NEW_SPECS = "gobblin.jobMonitor.kafka.newSpecs";
   public static final String GOBBLIN_JOB_MONITOR_KAFKA_UPDATED_SPECS = "gobblin.jobMonitor.kafka.updatedSpecs";
diff --git a/gobblin-service/src/main/java/org/apache/gobblin/service/monitoring/DagActionStoreChangeMonitor.java b/gobblin-service/src/main/java/org/apache/gobblin/service/monitoring/DagActionStoreChangeMonitor.java
index e5a2d090d3a..6855ca66910 100644
--- a/gobblin-service/src/main/java/org/apache/gobblin/service/monitoring/DagActionStoreChangeMonitor.java
+++ b/gobblin-service/src/main/java/org/apache/gobblin/service/monitoring/DagActionStoreChangeMonitor.java
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@
 import org.apache.gobblin.kafka.client.DecodeableKafkaRecord;
 import org.apache.gobblin.metrics.ContextAwareGauge;
 import org.apache.gobblin.metrics.ContextAwareMeter;
-import org.apache.gobblin.metrics.ServiceMetricNames;
 import org.apache.gobblin.runtime.api.DagActionStore;
 import org.apache.gobblin.runtime.api.FlowSpec;
 import org.apache.gobblin.runtime.api.SpecNotFoundException;
@@ -217,7 +216,8 @@ protected void submitFlowToDagManagerHelper(String flowGroup, String flowName) {
 
   @Override
   protected void createMetrics() {
-    super.messagesRead = this.getMetricContext().counter(ServiceMetricNames.GOBBLIN_SERVICE_PREFIX + RuntimeMetrics.GOBBLIN_KAFKA_HIGH_LEVEL_CONSUMER_MESSAGES_READ);
+    super.createMetrics();
+    // Dag Action specific metrics
     this.killsInvoked = this.getMetricContext().contextAwareMeter(RuntimeMetrics.GOBBLIN_DAG_ACTION_STORE_MONITOR_KILLS_INVOKED);
     this.resumesInvoked = this.getMetricContext().contextAwareMeter(RuntimeMetrics.GOBBLIN_DAG_ACTION_STORE_MONITOR_RESUMES_INVOKED);
     this.flowsLaunched = this.getMetricContext().contextAwareMeter(RuntimeMetrics.GOBBLIN_DAG_ACTION_STORE_MONITOR_FLOWS_LAUNCHED);
@@ -228,4 +228,9 @@ protected void createMetrics() {
     this.produceToConsumeDelayMillis = this.getMetricContext().newContextAwareGauge(RuntimeMetrics.GOBBLIN_DAG_ACTION_STORE_PRODUCE_TO_CONSUME_DELAY_MILLIS, () -> produceToConsumeDelayValue);
     this.getMetricContext().register(this.produceToConsumeDelayMillis);
   }
+
+  @Override
+  protected String getMetricsPrefix() {
+    return RuntimeMetrics.DAG_ACTION_STORE_MONITOR_PREFIX + ".";
+  }
 }