diff --git a/airflow/providers/amazon/aws/hooks/emr.py b/airflow/providers/amazon/aws/hooks/emr.py
index 9a2c13ca9d6845..143bdcdcc89137 100644
--- a/airflow/providers/amazon/aws/hooks/emr.py
+++ b/airflow/providers/amazon/aws/hooks/emr.py
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ def submit_job(
         job_driver: dict,
         configuration_overrides: Optional[dict] = None,
         client_request_token: Optional[str] = None,
+        tags: Optional[dict] = None,
     ) -> str:
         """
         Submit a job to the EMR Containers API and return the job ID.
@@ -148,6 +149,7 @@ def submit_job(
             specifically either application configuration or monitoring configuration.
         :param client_request_token: The client idempotency token of the job run request.
             Use this if you want to specify a unique ID to prevent two jobs from getting started.
+        :param tags: The tags assigned to job runs.
         :return: Job ID
         """
         params = {
@@ -157,6 +159,7 @@ def submit_job(
             "releaseLabel": release_label,
             "jobDriver": job_driver,
             "configurationOverrides": configuration_overrides or {},
+            "tags": tags or {},
         }
         if client_request_token:
             params["clientToken"] = client_request_token
diff --git a/airflow/providers/amazon/aws/operators/emr.py b/airflow/providers/amazon/aws/operators/emr.py
index 6f942e297fb9c1..a1f3fa753d8172 100644
--- a/airflow/providers/amazon/aws/operators/emr.py
+++ b/airflow/providers/amazon/aws/operators/emr.py
@@ -136,6 +136,8 @@ class EmrContainerOperator(BaseOperator):
     :param poll_interval: Time (in seconds) to wait between two consecutive calls to check query status on EMR
     :param max_tries: Maximum number of times to wait for the job run to finish.
         Defaults to None, which will poll until the job is *not* in a pending, submitted, or running state.
+    :param tags: The tags assigned to job runs.
+        Defaults to None
     """
 
     template_fields: Sequence[str] = (
@@ -160,6 +162,7 @@ def __init__(
         aws_conn_id: str = "aws_default",
         poll_interval: int = 30,
         max_tries: Optional[int] = None,
+        tags: Optional[dict] = None,
         **kwargs: Any,
     ) -> None:
         super().__init__(**kwargs)
@@ -173,6 +176,7 @@ def __init__(
         self.client_request_token = client_request_token or str(uuid4())
         self.poll_interval = poll_interval
         self.max_tries = max_tries
+        self.tags = tags
         self.job_id: Optional[str] = None
 
     @cached_property
@@ -192,6 +196,7 @@ def execute(self, context: 'Context') -> Optional[str]:
             self.job_driver,
             self.configuration_overrides,
             self.client_request_token,
+            self.tags,
         )
         query_status = self.hook.poll_query_status(self.job_id, self.max_tries, self.poll_interval)
 
diff --git a/tests/providers/amazon/aws/operators/test_emr_containers.py b/tests/providers/amazon/aws/operators/test_emr_containers.py
index 24d7eb6f828ec4..8bd58e2b6aa015 100644
--- a/tests/providers/amazon/aws/operators/test_emr_containers.py
+++ b/tests/providers/amazon/aws/operators/test_emr_containers.py
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ def setUp(self, emr_hook_mock):
             configuration_overrides={},
             poll_interval=0,
             client_request_token=GENERATED_UUID,
+            tags={},
         )
 
     @mock.patch.object(EmrContainerHook, 'submit_job')
@@ -66,7 +67,7 @@ def test_execute_without_failure(
         self.emr_container.execute(None)
 
         mock_submit_job.assert_called_once_with(
-            'test_emr_job', 'arn:aws:somerole', '6.3.0-latest', {}, {}, GENERATED_UUID
+            'test_emr_job', 'arn:aws:somerole', '6.3.0-latest', {}, {}, GENERATED_UUID, {}
         )
         mock_check_query_status.assert_called_once_with('jobid_123456')
         assert self.emr_container.release_label == '6.3.0-latest'