diff --git a/cpp/src/parquet/arrow/reader_writer_benchmark.cc b/cpp/src/parquet/arrow/reader_writer_benchmark.cc
index b12f234f72bdf..2b85fe6c21317 100644
--- a/cpp/src/parquet/arrow/reader_writer_benchmark.cc
+++ b/cpp/src/parquet/arrow/reader_writer_benchmark.cc
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include <array>
 #include <iostream>
 #include <random>
+#include <type_traits>
 
 #include "parquet/arrow/reader.h"
 #include "parquet/arrow/writer.h"
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@
 #include "arrow/testing/gtest_util.h"
 #include "arrow/testing/random.h"
 #include "arrow/util/async_generator.h"
+#include "arrow/util/bit_util.h"
 #include "arrow/util/bitmap_ops.h"
 #include "arrow/util/logging.h"
 
@@ -104,13 +106,28 @@ std::shared_ptr<ColumnDescriptor> MakeSchema(Repetition::type repetition) {
                                             repetition == Repetition::REPEATED);
 }
 
-template <bool nullable, typename ParquetType>
+template <typename ParquetType>
+int64_t BytesForItems(int64_t num_items) {
+  static_assert(!std::is_same_v<ParquetType, FLBAType>,
+                "BytesForItems unsupported for FLBAType");
+  return num_items * sizeof(typename ParquetType::c_type);
+}
+
+template <>
+int64_t BytesForItems<BooleanType>(int64_t num_items) {
+  return ::arrow::bit_util::BytesForBits(num_items);
+}
+
+template <>
+int64_t BytesForItems<Float16LogicalType>(int64_t num_items) {
+  return num_items * sizeof(uint16_t);
+}
+
+template <typename ParquetType>
 void SetBytesProcessed(::benchmark::State& state, int64_t num_values = BENCHMARK_SIZE) {
   const int64_t items_processed = state.iterations() * num_values;
-  const int64_t bytes_processed = items_processed * sizeof(typename ParquetType::c_type);
-
-  state.SetItemsProcessed(bytes_processed);
-  state.SetBytesProcessed(bytes_processed);
+  state.SetItemsProcessed(items_processed);
+  state.SetBytesProcessed(BytesForItems<ParquetType>(items_processed));
 }
 
 constexpr int64_t kAlternatingOrNa = -1;
@@ -188,7 +205,7 @@ static void BM_WriteColumn(::benchmark::State& state) {
     EXIT_NOT_OK(
         WriteTable(*table, ::arrow::default_memory_pool(), output, BENCHMARK_SIZE));
   }
-  SetBytesProcessed<nullable, ParquetType>(state);
+  SetBytesProcessed<ParquetType>(state);
 }
 
 BENCHMARK_TEMPLATE2(BM_WriteColumn, false, Int32Type);
@@ -332,7 +349,7 @@ static void BM_ReadColumn(::benchmark::State& state) {
   auto properties = WriterProperties::Builder().disable_dictionary()->build();
 
   BenchmarkReadTable(state, *table, properties, table->num_rows(),
-                     sizeof(typename ParquetType::c_type) * table->num_rows());
+                     BytesForItems<ParquetType>(table->num_rows()));
 }
 
 // There are two parameters here that cover different data distributions.
@@ -408,7 +425,7 @@ static void BM_ReadColumnPlain(::benchmark::State& state) {
 
   auto properties = WriterProperties::Builder().disable_dictionary()->build();
   BenchmarkReadTable(state, *table, properties, table->num_rows(),
-                     sizeof(c_type) * table->num_rows());
+                     BytesForItems<ParquetType>(table->num_rows()));
 }
 
 BENCHMARK_TEMPLATE2(BM_ReadColumnPlain, false, Int32Type)
@@ -664,7 +681,7 @@ static void BM_ReadIndividualRowGroups(::benchmark::State& state) {
     std::shared_ptr<::arrow::Table> final_table;
     PARQUET_ASSIGN_OR_THROW(final_table, ConcatenateTables(tables));
   }
-  SetBytesProcessed<true, Int64Type>(state);
+  SetBytesProcessed<Int64Type>(state);
 }
 
 BENCHMARK(BM_ReadIndividualRowGroups);
@@ -688,7 +705,7 @@ static void BM_ReadMultipleRowGroups(::benchmark::State& state) {
     std::shared_ptr<::arrow::Table> table;
     EXIT_NOT_OK(arrow_reader->ReadRowGroups(rgs, &table));
   }
-  SetBytesProcessed<true, Int64Type>(state);
+  SetBytesProcessed<Int64Type>(state);
 }
 
 BENCHMARK(BM_ReadMultipleRowGroups);
@@ -716,7 +733,7 @@ static void BM_ReadMultipleRowGroupsGenerator(::benchmark::State& state) {
     ASSIGN_OR_ABORT(auto batches, fut.result());
     ASSIGN_OR_ABORT(auto actual, ::arrow::Table::FromRecordBatches(std::move(batches)));
   }
-  SetBytesProcessed<true, Int64Type>(state);
+  SetBytesProcessed<Int64Type>(state);
 }
 
 BENCHMARK(BM_ReadMultipleRowGroupsGenerator);