diff --git a/pkg/ccl/backupccl/backup_job.go b/pkg/ccl/backupccl/backup_job.go
index 9746f69c3012..d33e60a4032d 100644
--- a/pkg/ccl/backupccl/backup_job.go
+++ b/pkg/ccl/backupccl/backup_job.go
@@ -530,6 +530,10 @@ func (b *backupResumer) Resume(ctx context.Context, execCtx interface{}) error {
 		MaxRetries: 5,
 	}
 
+	if err := p.ExecCfg().JobRegistry.CheckPausepoint("backup.before_flow"); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
 	// We want to retry a backup if there are transient failures (i.e. worker nodes
 	// dying), so if we receive a retryable error, re-plan and retry the backup.
 	var res roachpb.RowCount
diff --git a/pkg/ccl/backupccl/backup_tenant_test.go b/pkg/ccl/backupccl/backup_tenant_test.go
index 13ab267e5757..aa34b0b8ffc2 100644
--- a/pkg/ccl/backupccl/backup_tenant_test.go
+++ b/pkg/ccl/backupccl/backup_tenant_test.go
@@ -6,18 +6,21 @@
 //
 //     https://github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/blob/master/licenses/CCL.txt
 
-package backupccl_test
+package backupccl
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"fmt"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/base"
 	_ "github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/cloud/impl" // register cloud storage providers
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/jobs"
+	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/jobs/jobspb"
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/roachpb"
 	_ "github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/sql/importer"
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/testutils"
+	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/testutils/jobutils"
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/testutils/serverutils"
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/testutils/sqlutils"
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/testutils/testcluster"
@@ -41,6 +44,7 @@ func TestBackupTenantImportingTable(t *testing.T) {
 		TestingKnobs: base.TestingKnobs{JobsTestingKnobs: jobs.NewTestingKnobsWithShortIntervals()},
 	})
 	defer tSQL.Close()
+	runner := sqlutils.MakeSQLRunner(tSQL)
 
 	if _, err := tSQL.Exec("SET CLUSTER SETTING jobs.debug.pausepoints = 'import.after_ingest';"); err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
@@ -54,23 +58,11 @@ func TestBackupTenantImportingTable(t *testing.T) {
 	if _, err := tSQL.Exec("IMPORT INTO x CSV DATA ('workload:///csv/bank/bank?rows=100&version=1.0.0')"); !testutils.IsError(err, "pause") {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
-	var jobID int
-	if err := tSQL.QueryRow(`SELECT job_id FROM [show jobs] WHERE job_type = 'IMPORT'`).Scan(&jobID); err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-	tc.Servers[0].JobRegistry().(*jobs.Registry).TestingNudgeAdoptionQueue()
-	// wait for it to pause
-
-	testutils.SucceedsSoon(t, func() error {
-		var status string
-		if err := tSQL.QueryRow(`SELECT status FROM [show jobs] WHERE job_id = $1`, jobID).Scan(&status); err != nil {
-			t.Fatal(err)
-		}
-		if status == string(jobs.StatusPaused) {
-			return nil
-		}
-		return errors.Newf("%s", status)
-	})
+	var jobID jobspb.JobID
+	err := tSQL.QueryRow(fmt.Sprintf(
+		`SELECT job_id FROM [show jobs] WHERE job_type = 'IMPORT'`)).Scan(&jobID)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	jobutils.WaitForJobToPause(t, runner, jobID)
 
 	// tenant now has a fully ingested, paused import, so back them up.
 	const dst = "userfile:///t"
diff --git a/pkg/ccl/backupccl/backup_test.go b/pkg/ccl/backupccl/backup_test.go
index 767a78d3e1fa..ba83320aede0 100644
--- a/pkg/ccl/backupccl/backup_test.go
+++ b/pkg/ccl/backupccl/backup_test.go
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/kv"
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/kv/kvclient/kvcoord"
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/kv/kvserver"
+	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/kv/kvserver/protectedts"
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/roachpb"
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/security"
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/settings/cluster"
@@ -1790,7 +1791,7 @@ func createAndWaitForJob(
 		t, `INSERT INTO system.jobs (created, status, payload, progress) VALUES ($1, $2, $3, $4) RETURNING id`,
 		timeutil.FromUnixMicros(now), jobs.StatusRunning, payload, progressBytes,
 	).Scan(&jobID)
-	jobutils.WaitForJob(t, db, jobID)
+	jobutils.WaitForJobToSucceed(t, db, jobID)
 }
 
 // TestBackupRestoreResume tests whether backup and restore jobs are properly
@@ -2015,7 +2016,7 @@ func TestBackupRestoreControlJob(t *testing.T) {
 				t.Fatalf("%d: expected 'job paused' error, but got %+v", i, err)
 			}
 			sqlDB.Exec(t, fmt.Sprintf(`RESUME JOB %d`, jobID))
-			jobutils.WaitForJob(t, sqlDB, jobID)
+			jobutils.WaitForJobToSucceed(t, sqlDB, jobID)
 		}
 
 		sqlDB.CheckQueryResults(t,
@@ -2051,7 +2052,7 @@ func TestBackupRestoreControlJob(t *testing.T) {
 				sqlDB.CheckQueryResults(t, fmt.Sprintf("SHOW BACKUP '%s'", noOfflineDir), [][]string{})
 			}
 			sqlDB.Exec(t, fmt.Sprintf(`RESUME JOB %d`, jobID))
-			jobutils.WaitForJob(t, sqlDB, jobID)
+			jobutils.WaitForJobToSucceed(t, sqlDB, jobID)
 		}
 		sqlDB.CheckQueryResults(t,
 			`SELECT count(*) FROM pause.bank`,
@@ -2071,7 +2072,7 @@ func TestBackupRestoreControlJob(t *testing.T) {
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Fatalf("error while running backup %+v", err)
 		}
-		jobutils.WaitForJob(t, sqlDB, backupJobID)
+		jobutils.WaitForJobToSucceed(t, sqlDB, backupJobID)
 
 		sqlDB.Exec(t, `DROP DATABASE data`)
 
@@ -9051,7 +9052,7 @@ func TestBackupWorkerFailure(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	// But the job should be restarted and succeed eventually.
-	jobutils.WaitForJob(t, sqlDB, jobID)
+	jobutils.WaitForJobToSucceed(t, sqlDB, jobID)
 
 	// Drop database and restore to ensure that the backup was successful.
 	sqlDB.Exec(t, `DROP DATABASE data`)
@@ -9400,7 +9401,7 @@ DROP INDEX foo@bar;
 	close(allowGC)
 
 	// Wait for the GC to complete.
-	jobutils.WaitForJob(t, sqlRunner, gcJobID)
+	jobutils.WaitForJobToSucceed(t, sqlRunner, gcJobID)
 	waitForTableSplit(t, conn, "foo", "test")
 
 	// This backup should succeed since the spans being backed up have a default
@@ -9642,7 +9643,7 @@ func TestExportRequestBelowGCThresholdOnDataExcludedFromBackup(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	args.ServerArgs.Knobs.JobsTestingKnobs = jobs.NewTestingKnobsWithShortIntervals()
 	args.ServerArgs.ExternalIODir = localExternalDir
-	tc := testcluster.StartTestCluster(t, 3, args)
+	tc := testcluster.StartTestCluster(t, 1, args)
 	defer tc.Stopper().Stop(ctx)
 
 	tc.WaitForNodeLiveness(t)
@@ -9684,21 +9685,6 @@ func TestExportRequestBelowGCThresholdOnDataExcludedFromBackup(t *testing.T) {
 			require.NoError(t, err)
 		}
 	}
-	const processedPattern = `(?s)shouldQueue=true.*processing replica.*GC score after GC`
-	processedRegexp := regexp.MustCompile(processedPattern)
-
-	gcSoon := func() {
-		testutils.SucceedsSoon(t, func() error {
-			upsertUntilBackpressure()
-			s, repl := getStoreAndReplica(t, tc, conn, "foo", "defaultdb")
-			trace, _, err := s.ManuallyEnqueue(ctx, "mvccGC", repl, false)
-			require.NoError(t, err)
-			if !processedRegexp.MatchString(trace.String()) {
-				return errors.Errorf("%q does not match %q", trace.String(), processedRegexp)
-			}
-			return nil
-		})
-	}
 
 	waitForTableSplit(t, conn, "foo", "defaultdb")
 	waitForReplicaFieldToBeSet(t, tc, conn, "foo", "defaultdb", func(r *kvserver.Replica) (bool, error) {
@@ -9710,7 +9696,15 @@ func TestExportRequestBelowGCThresholdOnDataExcludedFromBackup(t *testing.T) {
 
 	var tsBefore string
 	require.NoError(t, conn.QueryRow("SELECT cluster_logical_timestamp()").Scan(&tsBefore))
-	gcSoon()
+	upsertUntilBackpressure()
+	runGCAndCheckTrace(ctx, t, tc, conn, false /* skipShouldQueue */, "foo", "defaultdb", func(traceStr string) error {
+		const processedPattern = `(?s)shouldQueue=true.*processing replica.*GC score after GC`
+		processedRegexp := regexp.MustCompile(processedPattern)
+		if !processedRegexp.MatchString(traceStr) {
+			return errors.Errorf("%q does not match %q", traceStr, processedRegexp)
+		}
+		return nil
+	})
 
 	_, err = conn.Exec(fmt.Sprintf("BACKUP TABLE foo TO $1 AS OF SYSTEM TIME '%s'", tsBefore), localFoo)
 	testutils.IsError(err, "must be after replica GC threshold")
@@ -9728,6 +9722,116 @@ func TestExportRequestBelowGCThresholdOnDataExcludedFromBackup(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 }
 
+// TestExcludeDataFromBackupDoesNotHoldupGC tests that a table marked as
+// `exclude_data_from_backup` and with a protected timestamp record covering it
+// does not holdup GC, since its data is not going to be backed up.
+func TestExcludeDataFromBackupDoesNotHoldupGC(t *testing.T) {
+	defer leaktest.AfterTest(t)()
+	defer log.Scope(t).Close(t)
+
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
+	defer cancel()
+
+	dir, dirCleanupFn := testutils.TempDir(t)
+	defer dirCleanupFn()
+	params := base.TestClusterArgs{}
+	params.ServerArgs.ExternalIODir = dir
+	params.ServerArgs.Knobs.Store = &kvserver.StoreTestingKnobs{
+		DisableGCQueue:            true,
+		DisableLastProcessedCheck: true,
+	}
+	params.ServerArgs.Knobs.ProtectedTS = &protectedts.TestingKnobs{
+		EnableProtectedTimestampForMultiTenant: true}
+	params.ServerArgs.Knobs.JobsTestingKnobs = jobs.NewTestingKnobsWithShortIntervals()
+	tc := testcluster.StartTestCluster(t, 1, params)
+	defer tc.Stopper().Stop(ctx)
+
+	tc.WaitForNodeLiveness(t)
+	require.NoError(t, tc.WaitForFullReplication())
+
+	conn := tc.ServerConn(0)
+	runner := sqlutils.MakeSQLRunner(conn)
+	runner.Exec(t, `SET CLUSTER SETTING kv.rangefeed.enabled = true`)
+	// speeds up the test
+	runner.Exec(t, `SET CLUSTER SETTING kv.closed_timestamp.target_duration = '100ms'`)
+	runner.Exec(t, `SET CLUSTER SETTING kv.protectedts.poll_interval = '10ms'`)
+
+	runner.Exec(t, `CREATE DATABASE test;`)
+	runner.Exec(t, `CREATE TABLE test.foo (k INT PRIMARY KEY, v BYTES)`)
+
+	// Exclude the table from backup so that it does not hold up GC.
+	runner.Exec(t, `ALTER TABLE test.foo SET (exclude_data_from_backup = true)`)
+
+	const tableRangeMaxBytes = 1 << 18
+	runner.Exec(t, "ALTER TABLE test.foo CONFIGURE ZONE USING "+
+		"gc.ttlseconds = 1, range_max_bytes = $1, range_min_bytes = 1<<10;", tableRangeMaxBytes)
+
+	rRand, _ := randutil.NewTestRand()
+	upsertUntilBackpressure := func() {
+		for {
+			_, err := conn.Exec("UPSERT INTO test.foo VALUES (1, $1)",
+				randutil.RandBytes(rRand, 1<<15))
+			if testutils.IsError(err, "backpressure") {
+				break
+			}
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Wait for the span config fields to apply.
+	waitForTableSplit(t, conn, "foo", "test")
+	waitForReplicaFieldToBeSet(t, tc, conn, "foo", "test", func(r *kvserver.Replica) (bool, error) {
+		if !r.ExcludeDataFromBackup() {
+			return false, errors.New("waiting for exclude_data_from_backup to be applied")
+		}
+		conf := r.SpanConfig()
+		if conf.TTL() != 1*time.Second {
+			return false, errors.New("waiting for gc.ttlseconds to be applied")
+		}
+		if r.GetMaxBytes() != tableRangeMaxBytes {
+			return false, errors.New("waiting for range_max_bytes to be applied")
+		}
+		return true, nil
+	})
+
+	runner.Exec(t, `SET CLUSTER SETTING jobs.debug.pausepoints = 'backup.before_flow'`)
+	if _, err := conn.Exec(`BACKUP DATABASE test INTO $1`, localFoo); !testutils.IsError(err, "pause") {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	// We pause the backup resumer before it plans its flow so this timestamp
+	// should be very close to the timestamp protected by the record written by
+	// the backup.
+	afterBackup := tc.Server(0).Clock().Now()
+	var jobID jobspb.JobID
+	err := conn.QueryRow(fmt.Sprintf(
+		`SELECT job_id FROM [show jobs] WHERE job_type = 'BACKUP'`)).Scan(&jobID)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	jobutils.WaitForJobToPause(t, runner, jobID)
+
+	// Ensure that the replica sees the ProtectionPolicies.
+	waitForReplicaFieldToBeSet(t, tc, conn, "foo", "test", func(r *kvserver.Replica) (bool, error) {
+		if len(r.SpanConfig().GCPolicy.ProtectionPolicies) == 0 {
+			return false, errors.New("no protection policy applied to replica")
+		}
+		return true, nil
+	})
+
+	// Now that the backup has written a PTS record protecting the database, we
+	// check that the replica corresponding to `test.foo` continue to GC data
+	// since it has been marked as `exclude_data_from_backup`.
+	upsertUntilBackpressure()
+	runGCAndCheckTrace(ctx, t, tc, conn, false /* skipShouldQueue */, "foo", "test", func(traceStr string) error {
+		const processedPattern = `(?s)shouldQueue=true.*processing replica.*GC score after GC`
+		processedRegexp := regexp.MustCompile(processedPattern)
+		if !processedRegexp.MatchString(traceStr) {
+			return errors.Errorf("%q does not match %q", traceStr, processedRegexp)
+		}
+		thresh := thresholdFromTrace(t, traceStr)
+		require.Truef(t, afterBackup.Less(thresh), "%v >= %v", afterBackup, thresh)
+		return nil
+	})
+}
+
 // TestBackupRestoreSystemUsers tests RESTORE SYSTEM USERS feature which allows user to
 // restore users from a backup into current cluster and regrant roles.
 func TestBackupRestoreSystemUsers(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/pkg/ccl/backupccl/testutils.go b/pkg/ccl/backupccl/testutils.go
index a8f26a144145..d6ac830be313 100644
--- a/pkg/ccl/backupccl/testutils.go
+++ b/pkg/ccl/backupccl/testutils.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"reflect"
+	"regexp"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/testutils/serverutils"
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/testutils/sqlutils"
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/testutils/testcluster"
+	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/util/hlc"
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/util/protoutil"
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/workload/bank"
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/workload/workloadsql"
@@ -485,3 +487,44 @@ func waitForReplicaFieldToBeSet(
 		return nil
 	})
 }
+
+func thresholdFromTrace(t *testing.T, traceString string) hlc.Timestamp {
+	t.Helper()
+	thresholdRE := regexp.MustCompile(`(?s).*Threshold:(?P<threshold>[^\s]*)`)
+	threshStr := string(thresholdRE.ExpandString(nil, "$threshold",
+		traceString, thresholdRE.FindStringSubmatchIndex(traceString)))
+	thresh, err := hlc.ParseTimestamp(threshStr)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	return thresh
+}
+
+// runGCAndCheckTrace manually enqueues the replica corresponding to
+// `databaseName.tableName`, and runs `checkGCTrace` until it succeeds.
+func runGCAndCheckTrace(
+	ctx context.Context,
+	t *testing.T,
+	tc *testcluster.TestCluster,
+	conn *gosql.DB,
+	skipShouldQueue bool,
+	tableName, databaseName string,
+	checkGCTrace func(traceStr string) error,
+) {
+	t.Helper()
+	var startKey roachpb.Key
+	err := conn.QueryRow("SELECT start_key"+
+		" FROM crdb_internal.ranges_no_leases"+
+		" WHERE table_name = $1"+
+		" AND database_name = $2"+
+		" ORDER BY start_key ASC", tableName, databaseName).Scan(&startKey)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	r := tc.LookupRangeOrFatal(t, startKey)
+	l, _, err := tc.FindRangeLease(r, nil)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	lhServer := tc.Server(int(l.Replica.NodeID) - 1)
+	s, repl := getFirstStoreReplica(t, lhServer, startKey)
+	testutils.SucceedsSoon(t, func() error {
+		trace, _, err := s.ManuallyEnqueue(ctx, "mvccGC", repl, skipShouldQueue)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		return checkGCTrace(trace.String())
+	})
+}
diff --git a/pkg/ccl/streamingccl/streamingest/stream_ingestion_job_test.go b/pkg/ccl/streamingccl/streamingest/stream_ingestion_job_test.go
index 36243ad1ad1a..ff7a0064b326 100644
--- a/pkg/ccl/streamingccl/streamingest/stream_ingestion_job_test.go
+++ b/pkg/ccl/streamingccl/streamingest/stream_ingestion_job_test.go
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ INSERT INTO d.t2 VALUES (2);
 		`SELECT crdb_internal.complete_stream_ingestion_job($1, $2)`,
 		ingestionJobID, cutoverTime)
 
-	jobutils.WaitForJob(t, destSQL, jobspb.JobID(ingestionJobID))
+	jobutils.WaitForJobToSucceed(t, destSQL, jobspb.JobID(ingestionJobID))
 
 	query := "SELECT * FROM d.t1"
 	sourceData := sourceSQL.QueryStr(t, query)
diff --git a/pkg/ccl/streamingccl/streamingest/stream_replication_e2e_test.go b/pkg/ccl/streamingccl/streamingest/stream_replication_e2e_test.go
index c101783d9f7f..66cae3cd7b45 100644
--- a/pkg/ccl/streamingccl/streamingest/stream_replication_e2e_test.go
+++ b/pkg/ccl/streamingccl/streamingest/stream_replication_e2e_test.go
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ func TestPartitionedTenantStreamingEndToEnd(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// Cut over the ingestion job and the job will stop eventually.
 	destSysSQL.Exec(t, `SELECT crdb_internal.complete_stream_ingestion_job($1, $2)`, ingestionJobID, cutoverTime)
-	jobutils.WaitForJob(t, destSysSQL, jobspb.JobID(ingestionJobID))
+	jobutils.WaitForJobToSucceed(t, destSysSQL, jobspb.JobID(ingestionJobID))
 	// TODO(casper): Make producer job exit normally in the cutover scenario.
 	sourceSysSQL.CheckQueryResultsRetry(t,
 		fmt.Sprintf("SELECT status, error FROM [SHOW JOBS] WHERE job_id = %d", streamProducerJobID),
diff --git a/pkg/kv/kvserver/replica.go b/pkg/kv/kvserver/replica.go
index f1e486366224..2ca290de445c 100644
--- a/pkg/kv/kvserver/replica.go
+++ b/pkg/kv/kvserver/replica.go
@@ -931,7 +931,7 @@ func (r *Replica) ExcludeDataFromBackup() bool {
 	return r.mu.conf.ExcludeDataFromBackup
 }
 
-func (r *Replica) exludeReplicaFromBackupRLocked() bool {
+func (r *Replica) excludeReplicaFromBackupRLocked() bool {
 	return r.mu.conf.ExcludeDataFromBackup
 }
 
@@ -1540,7 +1540,7 @@ func (r *Replica) checkTSAboveGCThresholdRLocked(
 	return &roachpb.BatchTimestampBeforeGCError{
 		Timestamp:              ts,
 		Threshold:              threshold,
-		DataExcludedFromBackup: r.exludeReplicaFromBackupRLocked(),
+		DataExcludedFromBackup: r.excludeReplicaFromBackupRLocked(),
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/sql/importer/import_stmt_test.go b/pkg/sql/importer/import_stmt_test.go
index 6261522678ad..f2aa3e231a45 100644
--- a/pkg/sql/importer/import_stmt_test.go
+++ b/pkg/sql/importer/import_stmt_test.go
@@ -5062,7 +5062,7 @@ func TestImportWorkerFailure(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	// But the job should be restarted and succeed eventually.
-	jobutils.WaitForJob(t, sqlDB, jobID)
+	jobutils.WaitForJobToSucceed(t, sqlDB, jobID)
 	sqlDB.CheckQueryResults(t,
 		`SELECT * FROM t ORDER BY i`,
 		sqlDB.QueryStr(t, `SELECT * FROM generate_series(0, $1)`, count-1),
diff --git a/pkg/sql/stats/create_stats_job_test.go b/pkg/sql/stats/create_stats_job_test.go
index a98917a9ed1d..06602b3c6f07 100644
--- a/pkg/sql/stats/create_stats_job_test.go
+++ b/pkg/sql/stats/create_stats_job_test.go
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ func TestCreateStatsControlJob(t *testing.T) {
 			_, err := sqlDB.DB.ExecContext(context.Background(), `RESUME JOB $1`, jobID)
 			return err
 		})
-		jobutils.WaitForJob(t, sqlDB, jobID)
+		jobutils.WaitForJobToSucceed(t, sqlDB, jobID)
 
 		// Now the job should have succeeded in producing stats.
 		sqlDB.CheckQueryResults(t,
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ func TestAtMostOneRunningCreateStats(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// Verify that the first job completed successfully.
 	sqlDB.Exec(t, fmt.Sprintf("RESUME JOB %d", jobID))
-	jobutils.WaitForJob(t, sqlDB, jobID)
+	jobutils.WaitForJobToSucceed(t, sqlDB, jobID)
 	<-errCh
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/testutils/jobutils/jobs_verification.go b/pkg/testutils/jobutils/jobs_verification.go
index b67e548e3843..823088faabba 100644
--- a/pkg/testutils/jobutils/jobs_verification.go
+++ b/pkg/testutils/jobutils/jobs_verification.go
@@ -34,8 +34,21 @@ import (
 	"github.com/lib/pq"
 )
 
-// WaitForJob waits for the specified job ID to terminate.
-func WaitForJob(t testing.TB, db *sqlutils.SQLRunner, jobID jobspb.JobID) {
+// WaitForJobToSucceed waits for the specified job ID to succeed.
+func WaitForJobToSucceed(t testing.TB, db *sqlutils.SQLRunner, jobID jobspb.JobID) {
+	t.Helper()
+	waitForJobToHaveStatus(t, db, jobID, jobs.StatusSucceeded)
+}
+
+// WaitForJobToPause waits for the specified job ID to be paused.
+func WaitForJobToPause(t testing.TB, db *sqlutils.SQLRunner, jobID jobspb.JobID) {
+	t.Helper()
+	waitForJobToHaveStatus(t, db, jobID, jobs.StatusPaused)
+}
+
+func waitForJobToHaveStatus(
+	t testing.TB, db *sqlutils.SQLRunner, jobID jobspb.JobID, expectedStatus jobs.Status,
+) {
 	t.Helper()
 	if err := retry.ForDuration(time.Minute*2, func() error {
 		var status string
@@ -50,7 +63,7 @@ func WaitForJob(t testing.TB, db *sqlutils.SQLRunner, jobID jobspb.JobID) {
 			}
 			t.Fatalf("job failed")
 		}
-		if e, a := jobs.StatusSucceeded, jobs.Status(status); e != a {
+		if e, a := expectedStatus, jobs.Status(status); e != a {
 			return errors.Errorf("expected job status %s, but got %s", e, a)
 		}
 		return nil