diff --git a/.changelog/18925.txt b/.changelog/18925.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ee29d77eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/18925.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+```release-note:improvement
+cli: Added -json option on job status command
+```
diff --git a/command/job_status.go b/command/job_status.go
index e897bc1ab..4de0d6e19 100644
--- a/command/job_status.go
+++ b/command/job_status.go
@@ -26,6 +26,21 @@ type JobStatusCommand struct {
 	evals     bool
 	allAllocs bool
 	verbose   bool
+	json      bool
+	tmpl      string
+}
+
+// NamespacedID is a tuple of an ID and a namespace
+type NamespacedID struct {
+	ID        string
+	Namespace string
+}
+
+type JobJson struct {
+	Summary          *api.JobSummary
+	Allocations      []*api.AllocationListStub
+	LatestDeployment *api.Deployment
+	Evaluations      []*api.Evaluation
 }
 
 func (c *JobStatusCommand) Help() string {
@@ -101,6 +116,8 @@ func (c *JobStatusCommand) Run(args []string) int {
 	flags.BoolVar(&short, "short", false, "")
 	flags.BoolVar(&c.evals, "evals", false, "")
 	flags.BoolVar(&c.allAllocs, "all-allocs", false, "")
+	flags.BoolVar(&c.json, "json", false, "")
+	flags.StringVar(&c.tmpl, "t", "", "")
 	flags.BoolVar(&c.verbose, "verbose", false, "")
 
 	if err := flags.Parse(args); err != nil {
@@ -143,7 +160,29 @@ func (c *JobStatusCommand) Run(args []string) int {
 			// No output if we have no jobs
 			c.Ui.Output("No running jobs")
 		} else {
-			c.Ui.Output(createStatusListOutput(jobs, allNamespaces))
+			if c.json || len(c.tmpl) > 0 {
+				pairs := make([]NamespacedID, len(jobs))
+
+				for i, j := range jobs {
+					pairs[i] = NamespacedID{ID: j.ID, Namespace: j.Namespace}
+				}
+
+				jsonJobs, err := createJsonJobsOutput(client, c.allAllocs, pairs...)
+				if err != nil {
+					c.Ui.Error(err.Error())
+					return 1
+				}
+
+				out, err := Format(true, c.tmpl, jsonJobs)
+				if err != nil {
+					c.Ui.Error(err.Error())
+					return 1
+				}
+
+				c.Ui.Output(out)
+			} else {
+				c.Ui.Output(createStatusListOutput(jobs, allNamespaces))
+			}
 		}
 		return 0
 	}
@@ -172,6 +211,26 @@ func (c *JobStatusCommand) Run(args []string) int {
 		nodePool = *job.NodePool
 	}
 
+	if c.json || len(c.tmpl) > 0 {
+		jsonJobs, err := createJsonJobsOutput(client, c.allAllocs,
+			NamespacedID{ID: *job.ID, Namespace: *job.Namespace})
+
+		if err != nil {
+			c.Ui.Error(err.Error())
+			return 1
+		}
+
+		out, err := Format(true, c.tmpl, jsonJobs)
+		if err != nil {
+			c.Ui.Error(err.Error())
+			return 1
+		}
+
+		c.Ui.Output(out)
+
+		return 0
+	}
+
 	// Format the job info
 	basic := []string{
 		fmt.Sprintf("ID|%s", *job.ID),
@@ -666,6 +725,43 @@ func (c *JobStatusCommand) outputFailedPlacements(failedEval *api.Evaluation) {
 	}
 }
 
+func createJsonJobsOutput(client *api.Client, allAllocs bool, jobs ...NamespacedID) ([]JobJson, error) {
+	jsonJobs := make([]JobJson, len(jobs))
+
+	for i, pair := range jobs {
+		q := &api.QueryOptions{Namespace: pair.Namespace}
+
+		summary, _, err := client.Jobs().Summary(pair.ID, q)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("Error querying job summary: %s", err)
+		}
+
+		allocations, _, err := client.Jobs().Allocations(pair.ID, allAllocs, q)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("Error querying job allocations: %s", err)
+		}
+
+		latestDeployment, _, err := client.Jobs().LatestDeployment(pair.ID, q)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("Error querying latest job deployment: %s", err)
+		}
+
+		evals, _, err := client.Jobs().Evaluations(pair.ID, q)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("Error querying job evaluations: %s", err)
+		}
+
+		jsonJobs[i] = JobJson{
+			Summary:          summary,
+			Allocations:      allocations,
+			LatestDeployment: latestDeployment,
+			Evaluations:      evals,
+		}
+	}
+
+	return jsonJobs, nil
+}
+
 // list general information about a list of jobs
 func createStatusListOutput(jobs []*api.JobListStub, displayNS bool) string {
 	out := make([]string, len(jobs)+1)
diff --git a/website/content/docs/commands/job/status.mdx b/website/content/docs/commands/job/status.mdx
index 5842f8059..dfcbc885a 100644
--- a/website/content/docs/commands/job/status.mdx
+++ b/website/content/docs/commands/job/status.mdx
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ run the command with a job prefix instead of the exact job ID.
 - `-short`: Display short output. Used only when a single node is being queried.
   Drops verbose node allocation data from the output.
 
+- `-json`: Output the job status in JSON format.
+
+- `-t`: Format and display the job status using a Go template.
+
 - `-verbose`: Show full information. Allocation create and modify times are
   shown in `yyyy/mm/dd hh:mm:ss` format.