diff --git a/providers/google/src/airflow/providers/google/cloud/operators/bigquery.py b/providers/google/src/airflow/providers/google/cloud/operators/bigquery.py
index 85c32a540dc8e..c00dc2cebc502 100644
--- a/providers/google/src/airflow/providers/google/cloud/operators/bigquery.py
+++ b/providers/google/src/airflow/providers/google/cloud/operators/bigquery.py
@@ -2340,7 +2340,12 @@ def prepare_template(self) -> None:
             with open(self.configuration) as file:
                 self.configuration = json.loads(file.read())
 
-    def _add_job_labels(self) -> None:
+    def _add_job_labels(self, hook: BigQueryHook | None = None) -> None:
+        if hook and hook.labels and "labels" not in self.configuration:
+            self.configuration["labels"] = dict(hook.labels)
+        elif hook and hook.labels and isinstance(self.configuration.get("labels"), dict):
+            self.configuration["labels"] = {**hook.labels, **self.configuration["labels"]}
+
         dag_label = self.dag_id.lower()
         task_label = self.task_id.lower().replace(".", "-")
 
@@ -2409,6 +2414,8 @@ def execute(self, context: Any):
         if self.project_id is None:
             self.project_id = hook.project_id
 
+        self._add_job_labels(hook)
+
         # Handles Operator retries when a user does not explicitly set a job_id.
         # For example, if a previous job failed due to a 429 "Too Many Requests" error,
         # the Operator will retry and resubmit the job. We need to ensure we don't lose
diff --git a/providers/google/tests/unit/google/cloud/operators/test_bigquery.py b/providers/google/tests/unit/google/cloud/operators/test_bigquery.py
index 2655132009bb9..70427e794e63b 100644
--- a/providers/google/tests/unit/google/cloud/operators/test_bigquery.py
+++ b/providers/google/tests/unit/google/cloud/operators/test_bigquery.py
@@ -1890,6 +1890,7 @@ def test_execute_respects_explicit_no_labels(self, mock_hook):
             },
             "labels": None,
         }
+        mock_hook.return_value.labels = {"airflow-env": "test-env-2"}
         mock_hook.return_value.insert_job.return_value = MagicMock(
             state="DONE", job_id=real_job_id, error_result=False
         )
@@ -1905,6 +1906,57 @@ def test_execute_respects_explicit_no_labels(self, mock_hook):
         op.execute(context=MagicMock())
         assert configuration["labels"] is None
 
+    @mock.patch("airflow.providers.google.cloud.operators.bigquery.BigQueryHook")
+    def test_execute_inherits_labels_from_connection(self, mock_hook):
+        job_id = "123456"
+        hash_ = "hash"
+        real_job_id = f"{job_id}_{hash_}"
+
+        configuration = {
+            "query": {
+                "query": "SELECT * FROM any",
+                "useLegacySql": False,
+            },
+        }
+        mock_hook.return_value.labels = {"airflow-env": "test-env-2"}
+        mock_hook.return_value.insert_job.return_value = MagicMock(
+            state="DONE", job_id=real_job_id, error_result=False
+        )
+        mock_hook.return_value.generate_job_id.return_value = real_job_id
+
+        op = BigQueryInsertJobOperator(
+            task_id="insert_query_job",
+            configuration=configuration,
+            location=TEST_DATASET_LOCATION,
+            job_id=job_id,
+            project_id=TEST_GCP_PROJECT_ID,
+        )
+        op.execute(context=MagicMock())
+
+        assert configuration["labels"]["airflow-env"] == "test-env-2"
+        assert configuration["labels"]["airflow-task"] == "insert_query_job"
+
+    def test_add_job_labels_merges_connection_labels(self):
+        configuration = {
+            "query": {
+                "query": "SELECT * FROM any",
+                "useLegacySql": False,
+            },
+            "labels": {"manual-label": "manual-value"},
+        }
+        op = BigQueryInsertJobOperator(
+            task_id="insert_query_job",
+            configuration=configuration,
+            location=TEST_DATASET_LOCATION,
+            project_id=TEST_GCP_PROJECT_ID,
+        )
+
+        op._add_job_labels(hook=MagicMock(labels={"airflow-env": "test-env-2"}))
+
+        assert configuration["labels"]["airflow-env"] == "test-env-2"
+        assert configuration["labels"]["manual-label"] == "manual-value"
+        assert configuration["labels"]["airflow-task"] == "insert_query_job"
+
     def test_task_label_too_big(self):
         configuration = {
             "query": {