diff --git a/src/prefect/cli/work_queue.py b/src/prefect/cli/work_queue.py
index 8e6095d088fb..3b60fc26b8e0 100644
--- a/src/prefect/cli/work_queue.py
+++ b/src/prefect/cli/work_queue.py
@@ -349,6 +349,7 @@ async def inspect(
     async with get_client() as client:
         try:
             result = await client.read_work_queue(id=queue_id)
+            app.console.print(Pretty(result))
         except ObjectNotFound:
             if pool:
                 error_message = f"No work queue found: {name!r} in work pool {pool!r}"
@@ -356,7 +357,11 @@ async def inspect(
                 error_message = f"No work queue found: {name!r}"
             exit_with_error(error_message)
 
-    app.console.print(Pretty(result))
+        try:
+            status = await client.read_work_queue_status(id=queue_id)
+            app.console.print(Pretty(status))
+        except ObjectNotFound:
+            pass
 
 
 @work_app.command()
diff --git a/src/prefect/client/orchestration.py b/src/prefect/client/orchestration.py
index 461f7b2531ff..a91527c72f95 100644
--- a/src/prefect/client/orchestration.py
+++ b/src/prefect/client/orchestration.py
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@
     Worker,
     WorkPool,
     WorkQueue,
+    WorkQueueStatusDetail,
 )
 from prefect.client.schemas.responses import (
     DeploymentResponse,
@@ -1036,6 +1037,32 @@ async def read_work_queue(
                 raise
         return WorkQueue.parse_obj(response.json())
 
+    async def read_work_queue_status(
+        self,
+        id: UUID,
+    ) -> WorkQueueStatusDetail:
+        """
+        Read a work queue status.
+
+        Args:
+            id: the id of the work queue to load
+
+        Raises:
+            prefect.exceptions.ObjectNotFound: If request returns 404
+            httpx.RequestError: If request fails
+
+        Returns:
+            WorkQueueStatus: an instantiated WorkQueueStatus object
+        """
+        try:
+            response = await self._client.get(f"/work_queues/{id}/status")
+        except httpx.HTTPStatusError as e:
+            if e.response.status_code == status.HTTP_404_NOT_FOUND:
+                raise prefect.exceptions.ObjectNotFound(http_exc=e) from e
+            else:
+                raise
+        return WorkQueueStatusDetail.parse_obj(response.json())
+
     async def match_work_queues(
         self,
         prefixes: List[str],