diff --git a/task/backend/executor/executor_metrics.go b/task/backend/executor/executor_metrics.go
index 287ae6edd7..1820e5dd8d 100644
--- a/task/backend/executor/executor_metrics.go
+++ b/task/backend/executor/executor_metrics.go
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ type ExecutorMetrics struct {
 	activeRuns        prometheus.Collector
 	queueDelta        *prometheus.SummaryVec
 	runDuration       *prometheus.SummaryVec
-	errorsCounter     prometheus.Counter
+	errorsCounter     *prometheus.CounterVec
 	manualRunsCounter *prometheus.CounterVec
 	resumeRunsCounter *prometheus.CounterVec
 }
@@ -55,12 +55,12 @@ func NewExecutorMetrics(te *TaskExecutor) *ExecutorMetrics {
 			Objectives: map[float64]float64{0.5: 0.05, 0.9: 0.01, 0.99: 0.001},
 		}, []string{"taskID"}),
 
-		errorsCounter: prometheus.NewCounter(prometheus.CounterOpts{
+		errorsCounter: prometheus.NewCounterVec(prometheus.CounterOpts{
 			Namespace: namespace,
 			Subsystem: subsystem,
 			Name:      "errors_counter",
-			Help:      "The number of errors thrown by the executor.",
-		}),
+			Help:      "The number of errors thrown by the executor with the type of error (ex. Flux compile, query, etc).",
+		}, []string{"errorType"}),
 
 		manualRunsCounter: prometheus.NewCounterVec(prometheus.CounterOpts{
 			Namespace: namespace,
@@ -131,8 +131,8 @@ func (em *ExecutorMetrics) FinishRun(taskID influxdb.ID, status backend.RunStatu
 }
 
 // LogError increments the count of errors.
-func (em *ExecutorMetrics) LogError() {
-	em.errorsCounter.Inc()
+func (em *ExecutorMetrics) LogError(err *influxdb.Error) {
+	em.errorsCounter.WithLabelValues(err.Code)
 }
 
 // Describe returns all descriptions associated with the run collector.
diff --git a/task/backend/executor/task_executor.go b/task/backend/executor/task_executor.go
index b6d0045fd3..9f5a4a81a8 100644
--- a/task/backend/executor/task_executor.go
+++ b/task/backend/executor/task_executor.go
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ func (w *worker) start(p *Promise) {
 	w.te.metrics.StartRun(p.task.ID, time.Since(p.createdAt))
 }
 
-func (w *worker) finish(p *Promise, rs backend.RunStatus, err error) {
+func (w *worker) finish(p *Promise, rs backend.RunStatus, err *influxdb.Error) {
 	// trace
 	span, ctx := tracing.StartSpanFromContext(p.ctx)
 	defer span.Finish()
@@ -332,9 +332,9 @@ func (w *worker) finish(p *Promise, rs backend.RunStatus, err error) {
 	w.te.metrics.FinishRun(p.task.ID, rs, rd)
 
 	// log error
-	if err != nil {
+	if err.Err != nil {
 		w.te.logger.Debug("execution failed", zap.Error(err), zap.String("taskID", p.task.ID.String()))
-		w.te.metrics.LogError()
+		w.te.metrics.LogError(err)
 		p.err = err
 	} else {
 		w.te.logger.Debug("Completed successfully", zap.String("taskID", p.task.ID.String()))
@@ -350,13 +350,13 @@ func (w *worker) executeQuery(p *Promise) {
 
 	pkg, err := flux.Parse(p.task.Flux)
 	if err != nil {
-		w.finish(p, backend.RunFail, err)
+		w.finish(p, backend.RunFail, influxdb.ErrFluxParseError(err))
 		return
 	}
 
 	sf, err := p.run.ScheduledForTime()
 	if err != nil {
-		w.finish(p, backend.RunFail, err)
+		w.finish(p, backend.RunFail, influxdb.ErrTaskTimeParse(err))
 		return
 	}
 
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ func (w *worker) executeQuery(p *Promise) {
 	it, err := w.te.qs.Query(ctx, req)
 	if err != nil {
 		// Assume the error should not be part of the runResult.
-		w.finish(p, backend.RunFail, err)
+		w.finish(p, backend.RunFail, influxdb.ErrQueryError(err))
 		return
 	}
 
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ func (w *worker) executeQuery(p *Promise) {
 		w.te.tcs.AddRunLog(p.ctx, p.task.ID, p.run.ID, time.Now(), string(b))
 	}
 
-	w.finish(p, backend.RunSuccess, runErr)
+	w.finish(p, backend.RunSuccess, influxdb.ErrResultIteratorError(runErr))
 }
 
 // RunsActive returns the current number of workers, which is equivalent to
diff --git a/task/backend/executor/task_executor_test.go b/task/backend/executor/task_executor_test.go
index f49034f4b0..d7e0866e4c 100644
--- a/task/backend/executor/task_executor_test.go
+++ b/task/backend/executor/task_executor_test.go
@@ -267,6 +267,7 @@ func testLimitFunc(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
 	forcedErr := errors.New("forced")
+	forcedQueryErr := influxdb.ErrQueryError(forcedErr)
 	tes.svc.FailNextQuery(forcedErr)
 
 	count := 0
@@ -285,7 +286,7 @@ func testLimitFunc(t *testing.T) {
 
 	<-promise.Done()
 
-	if got := promise.Error(); got != forcedErr {
+	if got := promise.Error(); got.Error() != forcedQueryErr.Error() {
 		t.Fatal("failed to get failure from forced error")
 	}
 
diff --git a/task_errors.go b/task_errors.go
index f01a4a4ae9..80fbf0a497 100644
--- a/task_errors.go
+++ b/task_errors.go
@@ -86,6 +86,36 @@ var (
 	}
 )
 
+// ErrFluxParseError is returned when an error is thrown by Flux.Parse in the task executor
+func ErrFluxParseError(err error) *Error {
+	return &Error{
+		Code: EInvalid,
+		Msg:  fmt.Sprintf("could not parse Flux script; Err: %v", err),
+		Op:   "kv/taskExecutor",
+		Err:  err,
+	}
+}
+
+// ErrQueryError is returned when an error is thrown by Query service in the task executor
+func ErrQueryError(err error) *Error {
+	return &Error{
+		Code: EInternal,
+		Msg:  fmt.Sprintf("unexpected error from queryd; Err: %v", err),
+		Op:   "kv/taskExecutor",
+		Err:  err,
+	}
+}
+
+// ErrResultIteratorError is returned when an error is thrown by exhaustResultIterators in the executor
+func ErrResultIteratorError(err error) *Error {
+	return &Error{
+		Code: EInternal,
+		Msg:  fmt.Sprintf("Error exhausting result iterator; Err: %v", err),
+		Op:   "kv/taskExecutor",
+		Err:  err,
+	}
+}
+
 func ErrInternalTaskServiceError(err error) *Error {
 	return &Error{
 		Code: EInternal,