diff --git a/packages/bar/src/Bar.tsx b/packages/bar/src/Bar.tsx
index 0b5cfa3c7..797b559e4 100644
--- a/packages/bar/src/Bar.tsx
+++ b/packages/bar/src/Bar.tsx
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@ import { svgDefaultProps } from './props'
 import {
     BarCustomLayerProps,
     BarDatum,
+    BarItemProps,
     BarLayer,
     BarLayerId,
     BarSvgProps,
     ComputedBarDatumWithValue,
 } from './types'
 import { BarTotals } from './BarTotals'
+import { useComputeLabelLayout } from './compute/common'
 
 type InnerBarProps<RawDatum extends BarDatum> = Omit<
     BarSvgProps<RawDatum>,
@@ -67,6 +69,8 @@ const InnerBar = <RawDatum extends BarDatum>({
     labelSkipWidth = svgDefaultProps.labelSkipWidth,
     labelSkipHeight = svgDefaultProps.labelSkipHeight,
     labelTextColor,
+    labelPosition = svgDefaultProps.labelPosition,
+    labelOffset = svgDefaultProps.labelOffset,
 
     markers = svgDefaultProps.markers,
 
@@ -161,6 +165,8 @@ const InnerBar = <RawDatum extends BarDatum>({
         totalsOffset,
     })
 
+    const computeLabelLayout = useComputeLabelLayout(layout, reverse, labelPosition, labelOffset)
+
     const transition = useTransition<
         ComputedBarDatumWithValue<RawDatum>,
         {
@@ -174,6 +180,7 @@ const InnerBar = <RawDatum extends BarDatum>({
             opacity: number
             transform: string
             width: number
+            textAnchor: BarItemProps<RawDatum>['style']['textAnchor']
         }
     >(barsWithValue, {
         keys: bar => bar.key,
@@ -183,8 +190,7 @@ const InnerBar = <RawDatum extends BarDatum>({
             height: 0,
             labelColor: getLabelColor(bar) as string,
             labelOpacity: 0,
-            labelX: bar.width / 2,
-            labelY: bar.height / 2,
+            ...computeLabelLayout(bar.width, bar.height),
             transform: `translate(${bar.x}, ${bar.y + bar.height})`,
             width: bar.width,
             ...(layout === 'vertical'
@@ -201,8 +207,7 @@ const InnerBar = <RawDatum extends BarDatum>({
             height: bar.height,
             labelColor: getLabelColor(bar) as string,
             labelOpacity: 1,
-            labelX: bar.width / 2,
-            labelY: bar.height / 2,
+            ...computeLabelLayout(bar.width, bar.height),
             transform: `translate(${bar.x}, ${bar.y})`,
             width: bar.width,
         }),
@@ -212,8 +217,7 @@ const InnerBar = <RawDatum extends BarDatum>({
             height: bar.height,
             labelColor: getLabelColor(bar) as string,
             labelOpacity: 1,
-            labelX: bar.width / 2,
-            labelY: bar.height / 2,
+            ...computeLabelLayout(bar.width, bar.height),
             transform: `translate(${bar.x}, ${bar.y})`,
             width: bar.width,
         }),
@@ -223,15 +227,15 @@ const InnerBar = <RawDatum extends BarDatum>({
             height: 0,
             labelColor: getLabelColor(bar) as string,
             labelOpacity: 0,
-            labelX: bar.width / 2,
+            ...computeLabelLayout(bar.width, bar.height),
             labelY: 0,
             transform: `translate(${bar.x}, ${bar.y + bar.height})`,
             width: bar.width,
             ...(layout === 'vertical'
                 ? {}
                 : {
+                      ...computeLabelLayout(bar.width, bar.height),
                       labelX: 0,
-                      labelY: bar.height / 2,
                       height: bar.height,
                       transform: `translate(${bar.x}, ${bar.y})`,
                       width: 0,
diff --git a/packages/bar/src/BarCanvas.tsx b/packages/bar/src/BarCanvas.tsx
index e884ee504..27459641e 100644
--- a/packages/bar/src/BarCanvas.tsx
+++ b/packages/bar/src/BarCanvas.tsx
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ import { renderLegendToCanvas } from '@nivo/legends'
 import { useTooltip } from '@nivo/tooltip'
 import { useBar } from './hooks'
 import { BarTotalsData } from './compute/totals'
+import { useComputeLabelLayout } from './compute/common'
 
 type InnerBarCanvasProps<RawDatum extends BarDatum> = Omit<
     BarCanvasProps<RawDatum>,
@@ -102,6 +103,9 @@ const InnerBarCanvas = <RawDatum extends BarDatum>({
     gridXValues,
     gridYValues,
 
+    labelPosition = canvasDefaultProps.labelPosition,
+    labelOffset = canvasDefaultProps.labelOffset,
+
     layers = canvasDefaultProps.layers as BarCanvasLayer<RawDatum>[],
     renderBar = (
         ctx,
@@ -114,6 +118,9 @@ const InnerBarCanvas = <RawDatum extends BarDatum>({
             label,
             labelColor,
             shouldRenderLabel,
+            labelX,
+            labelY,
+            textAnchor,
         }
     ) => {
         ctx.fillStyle = color
@@ -150,9 +157,9 @@ const InnerBarCanvas = <RawDatum extends BarDatum>({
 
         if (shouldRenderLabel) {
             ctx.textBaseline = 'middle'
-            ctx.textAlign = 'center'
+            ctx.textAlign = textAnchor === 'middle' ? 'center' : textAnchor
             ctx.fillStyle = labelColor
-            ctx.fillText(label, x + width / 2, y + height / 2)
+            ctx.fillText(label, x + labelX, y + labelY)
         }
     },
 
@@ -311,6 +318,7 @@ const InnerBarCanvas = <RawDatum extends BarDatum>({
     )
 
     const formatValue = useValueFormatter(valueFormat)
+    const computeLabelLayout = useComputeLabelLayout(layout, reverse, labelPosition, labelOffset)
 
     useEffect(() => {
         const ctx = canvasEl.current?.getContext('2d')
@@ -375,6 +383,7 @@ const InnerBarCanvas = <RawDatum extends BarDatum>({
                         label: getLabel(bar.data),
                         labelColor: getLabelColor(bar) as string,
                         shouldRenderLabel: shouldRenderBarLabel(bar),
+                        ...computeLabelLayout(bar.width, bar.height),
                     })
                 })
             } else if (layer === 'legends') {
@@ -436,6 +445,7 @@ const InnerBarCanvas = <RawDatum extends BarDatum>({
         barTotals,
         enableTotals,
         formatValue,
+        computeLabelLayout,
     ])
 
     const handleMouseHover = useCallback(
diff --git a/packages/bar/src/BarItem.tsx b/packages/bar/src/BarItem.tsx
index 79089aedc..52d774235 100644
--- a/packages/bar/src/BarItem.tsx
+++ b/packages/bar/src/BarItem.tsx
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ export const BarItem = <RawDatum extends BarDatum>({
         labelY,
         transform,
         width,
+        textAnchor,
     },
 
     borderRadius,
@@ -108,7 +109,7 @@ export const BarItem = <RawDatum extends BarDatum>({
                 <animated.text
                     x={labelX}
                     y={labelY}
-                    textAnchor="middle"
+                    textAnchor={textAnchor}
                     dominantBaseline="central"
                     fillOpacity={labelOpacity}
                     style={{
diff --git a/packages/bar/src/compute/common.ts b/packages/bar/src/compute/common.ts
index 058ccc309..c851ce758 100644
--- a/packages/bar/src/compute/common.ts
+++ b/packages/bar/src/compute/common.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 import { ScaleBandSpec, ScaleBand, computeScale } from '@nivo/scales'
+import { defaultProps } from '../props'
+import { BarCommonProps, BarDatum } from '../types'
 
 /**
  * Generates indexed scale.
@@ -45,3 +47,50 @@ export const filterNullValues = <RawDatum extends Record<string, unknown>>(data:
     }, {}) as Exclude<RawDatum, null | undefined | false | '' | 0>
 
 export const coerceValue = <T>(value: T) => [value, Number(value)] as const
+
+export type BarLabelLayout = {
+    labelX: number
+    labelY: number
+    textAnchor: 'start' | 'middle' | 'end'
+}
+
+/**
+ * Compute the label position and alignment based on a given position and offset.
+ */
+export function useComputeLabelLayout<RawDatum extends BarDatum>(
+    layout: BarCommonProps<RawDatum>['layout'] = defaultProps.layout,
+    reverse: BarCommonProps<RawDatum>['reverse'] = defaultProps.reverse,
+    labelPosition: BarCommonProps<RawDatum>['labelPosition'] = defaultProps.labelPosition,
+    labelOffset: BarCommonProps<RawDatum>['labelOffset'] = defaultProps.labelOffset
+): (width: number, height: number) => BarLabelLayout {
+    return (width: number, height: number) => {
+        // If the chart is reversed, we want to make sure the offset is also reversed
+        const computedLabelOffset = labelOffset * (reverse ? -1 : 1)
+
+        if (layout === 'horizontal') {
+            let x = width / 2
+            if (labelPosition === 'start') {
+                x = reverse ? width : 0
+            } else if (labelPosition === 'end') {
+                x = reverse ? 0 : width
+            }
+            return {
+                labelX: x + computedLabelOffset,
+                labelY: height / 2,
+                textAnchor: labelPosition === 'middle' ? 'middle' : reverse ? 'end' : 'start',
+            }
+        } else {
+            let y = height / 2
+            if (labelPosition === 'start') {
+                y = reverse ? 0 : height
+            } else if (labelPosition === 'end') {
+                y = reverse ? height : 0
+            }
+            return {
+                labelX: width / 2,
+                labelY: y - computedLabelOffset,
+                textAnchor: 'middle',
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/packages/bar/src/props.ts b/packages/bar/src/props.ts
index 98c53fcf7..b9940fe5d 100644
--- a/packages/bar/src/props.ts
+++ b/packages/bar/src/props.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ export const defaultProps = {
 
     enableLabel: true,
     label: 'formattedValue',
+    labelPosition: 'middle' as const,
+    labelOffset: 0,
     labelSkipWidth: 0,
     labelSkipHeight: 0,
     labelTextColor: { from: 'theme', theme: 'labels.text.fill' },
diff --git a/packages/bar/src/types.ts b/packages/bar/src/types.ts
index b28334e05..22a4ab575 100644
--- a/packages/bar/src/types.ts
+++ b/packages/bar/src/types.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import { InheritedColorConfig, OrdinalColorScaleConfig } from '@nivo/colors'
 import { LegendProps } from '@nivo/legends'
 import { AnyScale, ScaleSpec, ScaleBandSpec } from '@nivo/scales'
 import { SpringValues } from '@react-spring/web'
+import { BarLabelLayout } from './compute/common'
 
 export interface BarDatum {
     [key: string]: string | number
@@ -165,6 +166,7 @@ export interface BarItemProps<RawDatum extends BarDatum>
         opacity: number
         transform: string
         width: number
+        textAnchor: 'start' | 'middle'
     }>
 
     label: string
@@ -189,10 +191,11 @@ export type RenderBarProps<RawDatum extends BarDatum> = Omit<
     | 'ariaDescribedBy'
     | 'ariaHidden'
     | 'ariaDisabled'
-> & {
-    borderColor: string
-    labelColor: string
-}
+> &
+    BarLabelLayout & {
+        borderColor: string
+        labelColor: string
+    }
 
 export interface BarTooltipProps<RawDatum> extends ComputedDatum<RawDatum> {
     color: string
@@ -234,6 +237,8 @@ export type BarCommonProps<RawDatum> = {
 
     enableLabel: boolean
     label: PropertyAccessor<ComputedDatum<RawDatum>, string>
+    labelPosition: 'start' | 'middle' | 'end'
+    labelOffset: number
     labelFormat: string | LabelFormatter
     labelSkipWidth: number
     labelSkipHeight: number
diff --git a/packages/bar/tests/Bar.test.tsx b/packages/bar/tests/Bar.test.tsx
index 1fe68574c..e4d4f4dd1 100644
--- a/packages/bar/tests/Bar.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/bar/tests/Bar.test.tsx
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { mount } from 'enzyme'
 import { create, act, ReactTestRenderer, type ReactTestInstance } from 'react-test-renderer'
 import { LegendSvg, LegendSvgItem } from '@nivo/legends'
 import { Bar, BarDatum, BarItemProps, ComputedDatum, BarItem, BarTooltip, BarTotals } from '../'
+import { useComputeLabelLayout } from '../src/compute/common'
 
 type IdValue = {
     id: string
@@ -771,6 +772,84 @@ describe('totals layer', () => {
     })
 })
 
+describe('labelPosition', () => {
+    it.each`
+        labelPosition | layout          | expected
+        ${'start'}    | ${'vertical'}   | ${200}
+        ${'middle'}   | ${'vertical'}   | ${100}
+        ${'end'}      | ${'vertical'}   | ${0}
+        ${'start'}    | ${'horizontal'} | ${0}
+        ${'middle'}   | ${'horizontal'} | ${100}
+        ${'end'}      | ${'horizontal'} | ${200}
+    `(
+        'should position labels correctly on $layout charts when labelPosition=$labelPosition',
+        ({ labelPosition, layout, expected }) => {
+            const instance = create(
+                <Bar
+                    width={200}
+                    height={200}
+                    keys={['costA', 'costB']}
+                    data={[
+                        { id: 'one', costA: 1, costB: 1 },
+                        { id: 'two', costA: 1, costB: 1 },
+                    ]}
+                    animate={false}
+                    groupMode="grouped"
+                    labelPosition={labelPosition}
+                    layout={layout}
+                />
+            ).root
+
+            for (const bar of instance.findAllByType(BarItem)) {
+                const { labelX, labelY } = bar.props.style
+                if (layout === 'vertical') {
+                    expect(labelY.animation.to).toBe(expected)
+                } else {
+                    expect(labelX.animation.to).toBe(expected)
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    )
+})
+
+describe('useComputeLabelLayout', () => {
+    it.each`
+        labelPosition | layout          | offset | reverse  | expectedValue | expectedTextAnchor
+        ${'start'}    | ${'vertical'}   | ${0}   | ${false} | ${200}        | ${'middle'}
+        ${'middle'}   | ${'vertical'}   | ${0}   | ${false} | ${100}        | ${'middle'}
+        ${'end'}      | ${'vertical'}   | ${0}   | ${false} | ${0}          | ${'middle'}
+        ${'start'}    | ${'horizontal'} | ${0}   | ${false} | ${0}          | ${'start'}
+        ${'middle'}   | ${'horizontal'} | ${0}   | ${false} | ${100}        | ${'middle'}
+        ${'end'}      | ${'horizontal'} | ${0}   | ${false} | ${200}        | ${'start'}
+        ${'middle'}   | ${'vertical'}   | ${-10} | ${false} | ${110}        | ${'middle'}
+        ${'middle'}   | ${'vertical'}   | ${10}  | ${false} | ${90}         | ${'middle'}
+        ${'middle'}   | ${'horizontal'} | ${-10} | ${false} | ${90}         | ${'middle'}
+        ${'middle'}   | ${'horizontal'} | ${10}  | ${false} | ${110}        | ${'middle'}
+        ${'start'}    | ${'vertical'}   | ${0}   | ${true}  | ${0}          | ${'middle'}
+        ${'middle'}   | ${'vertical'}   | ${0}   | ${true}  | ${100}        | ${'middle'}
+        ${'end'}      | ${'vertical'}   | ${0}   | ${true}  | ${200}        | ${'middle'}
+        ${'start'}    | ${'horizontal'} | ${0}   | ${true}  | ${200}        | ${'end'}
+        ${'middle'}   | ${'horizontal'} | ${0}   | ${true}  | ${100}        | ${'middle'}
+        ${'end'}      | ${'horizontal'} | ${0}   | ${true}  | ${0}          | ${'end'}
+        ${'middle'}   | ${'vertical'}   | ${-10} | ${true}  | ${90}         | ${'middle'}
+        ${'middle'}   | ${'vertical'}   | ${10}  | ${true}  | ${110}        | ${'middle'}
+        ${'middle'}   | ${'horizontal'} | ${-10} | ${true}  | ${110}        | ${'middle'}
+        ${'middle'}   | ${'horizontal'} | ${10}  | ${true}  | ${90}         | ${'middle'}
+    `(
+        'should compute the correct label layout for (layout: $layout, labelPosition: $labelPosition, offset: $offset, reverse: $reverse)',
+        ({ labelPosition, layout, offset, reverse, expectedValue, expectedTextAnchor }) => {
+            const computeLabelLayout = useComputeLabelLayout(layout, reverse, labelPosition, offset)
+            const { labelX, labelY, textAnchor } = computeLabelLayout(200, 200)
+            if (layout === 'vertical') {
+                expect(labelY).toBe(expectedValue)
+            } else {
+                expect(labelX).toBe(expectedValue)
+            }
+            expect(textAnchor).toBe(expectedTextAnchor)
+        }
+    )
+})
+
 describe('tooltip', () => {
     it('should render a tooltip when hovering a slice', () => {
         let component: ReactTestRenderer
diff --git a/storybook/stories/bar/Bar.stories.tsx b/storybook/stories/bar/Bar.stories.tsx
index 2c9ddb5f6..fae22968b 100644
--- a/storybook/stories/bar/Bar.stories.tsx
+++ b/storybook/stories/bar/Bar.stories.tsx
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import type { Meta, StoryObj } from '@storybook/react'
 import { generateCountriesData, sets } from '@nivo/generators'
 import { random, range } from 'lodash'
 import { useTheme } from '@nivo/core'
-import { Bar, BarDatum, BarItemProps } from '@nivo/bar'
+import { Bar, BarCanvas, BarDatum, BarItemProps } from '@nivo/bar'
 import { AxisTickProps } from '@nivo/axes'
 
 const meta: Meta<typeof Bar> = {
@@ -298,6 +298,19 @@ export const WithTotals: Story = {
     render: () => <Bar {...commonProps} enableTotals={true} totalsOffset={10} />,
 }
 
+export const WithTopLabels: Story = {
+    render: () => (
+        <Bar
+            {...commonProps}
+            data={generateCountriesData(keys, { size: 2 }) as BarDatum[]}
+            labelPosition="end"
+            layout="vertical"
+            labelOffset={-10}
+            groupMode="grouped"
+        />
+    ),
+}
+
 const DataGenerator = (initialIndex, initialState) => {
     let index = initialIndex
     let state = initialState
diff --git a/website/src/data/components/bar/meta.yml b/website/src/data/components/bar/meta.yml
index 989f3706c..d13f37f38 100644
--- a/website/src/data/components/bar/meta.yml
+++ b/website/src/data/components/bar/meta.yml
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ Bar:
       link: bar--with-annotations
     - label: Using totals
       link: bar--with-totals
+    - label: Using top labels
+      link: bar--with-top-labels
   description: |
     Bar chart which can display multiple data series, stacked or side by side. Also
     supports both vertical and horizontal layout, with negative values descending
diff --git a/website/src/data/components/bar/props.ts b/website/src/data/components/bar/props.ts
index d0dd72c74..c4582c2c6 100644
--- a/website/src/data/components/bar/props.ts
+++ b/website/src/data/components/bar/props.ts
@@ -416,6 +416,39 @@ const props: ChartProperty[] = [
         control: { type: 'inheritedColor' },
         group: 'Labels',
     },
+    {
+        key: 'labelPosition',
+        help: 'Defines the position of the label relative to its bar.',
+        type: `'start' | 'middle' | 'end'`,
+        flavors: allFlavors,
+        required: false,
+        defaultValue: svgDefaultProps.labelPosition,
+        control: {
+            type: 'radio',
+            choices: [
+                { label: 'start', value: 'start' },
+                { label: 'middle', value: 'middle' },
+                { label: 'end', value: 'end' },
+            ],
+            columns: 3,
+        },
+        group: 'Labels',
+    },
+    {
+        key: 'labelOffset',
+        help: 'Defines the vertical or horizontal (depends on layout) offset of the label.',
+        type: 'number',
+        flavors: ['svg', 'canvas', 'api'],
+        required: false,
+        defaultValue: svgDefaultProps.labelOffset,
+        control: {
+            type: 'range',
+            unit: 'px',
+            min: -16,
+            max: 16,
+        },
+        group: 'Labels',
+    },
     {
         key: 'enableTotals',
         help: 'Enable/disable totals labels.',
diff --git a/website/src/pages/bar/api.tsx b/website/src/pages/bar/api.tsx
index 198fe6191..742cabab3 100644
--- a/website/src/pages/bar/api.tsx
+++ b/website/src/pages/bar/api.tsx
@@ -117,6 +117,8 @@ const BarApi = () => {
                         from: 'color',
                         modifiers: [['darker', 1.6]],
                     },
+                    labelPosition: 'middle',
+                    labelOffset: 0,
                 }}
             />
         </>
diff --git a/website/src/pages/bar/canvas.js b/website/src/pages/bar/canvas.js
index f053bd1d5..55ac6e11f 100644
--- a/website/src/pages/bar/canvas.js
+++ b/website/src/pages/bar/canvas.js
@@ -97,6 +97,8 @@ const initialProperties = {
         from: 'color',
         modifiers: [['darker', 1.6]],
     },
+    labelPosition: 'middle',
+    labelOffset: 0,
 
     isInteractive: true,
     'custom tooltip example': false,
diff --git a/website/src/pages/bar/index.js b/website/src/pages/bar/index.js
index e7c91f2d1..c440ea6af 100644
--- a/website/src/pages/bar/index.js
+++ b/website/src/pages/bar/index.js
@@ -115,6 +115,8 @@ const initialProperties = {
         from: 'color',
         modifiers: [['darker', 1.6]],
     },
+    labelPosition: 'middle',
+    labelOffset: 0,
 
     legends: [
         {