diff --git a/pkg/sql/ttl/ttlbase/ttl_helpers.go b/pkg/sql/ttl/ttlbase/ttl_helpers.go
index 6c9058a3c20c..4ba8af9ea9de 100644
--- a/pkg/sql/ttl/ttlbase/ttl_helpers.go
+++ b/pkg/sql/ttl/ttlbase/ttl_helpers.go
@@ -75,6 +75,14 @@ var (
 		false,
 		settings.WithPublic,
 	)
+	processorConcurrencyOverride = settings.RegisterIntSetting(
+		settings.ApplicationLevel,
+		"sql.ttl.processor_concurrency",
+		"override for the TTL job processor concurrency (0 means use default based on GOMAXPROCS, "+
+			"and any value greater than GOMAXPROCS will be capped at GOMAXPROCS)",
+		0,
+		settings.NonNegativeInt,
+	)
 )
 
 var (
@@ -159,6 +167,18 @@ func GetChangefeedReplicationDisabled(
 	return changefeedReplicationDisabled.Get(settingsValues)
 }
 
+// GetProcessorConcurrency returns the concurrency to use for TTL job processors.
+// If the cluster setting is 0 (default), it will return the provided default value.
+// If the cluster setting is greater than 0, it will return the minimum of the
+// cluster setting and the default value.
+func GetProcessorConcurrency(settingsValues *settings.Values, defaultConcurrency int64) int64 {
+	override := processorConcurrencyOverride.Get(settingsValues)
+	if override > 0 {
+		return min(override, defaultConcurrency)
+	}
+	return defaultConcurrency
+}
+
 // BuildScheduleLabel returns a string value intended for use as the
 // schedule_name/label column for the scheduled job created by row level TTL.
 func BuildScheduleLabel(tbl *tabledesc.Mutable) string {
diff --git a/pkg/sql/ttl/ttljob/ttljob_processor.go b/pkg/sql/ttl/ttljob/ttljob_processor.go
index d7dfca3cabff..ff62cc288965 100644
--- a/pkg/sql/ttl/ttljob/ttljob_processor.go
+++ b/pkg/sql/ttl/ttljob/ttljob_processor.go
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ func (t *ttlProcessor) work(ctx context.Context) error {
 
 	group := ctxgroup.WithContext(ctx)
 	processorSpanCount := int64(len(ttlSpec.Spans))
-	processorConcurrency := int64(runtime.GOMAXPROCS(0))
+	processorConcurrency := ttlbase.GetProcessorConcurrency(&flowCtx.Cfg.Settings.SV, int64(runtime.GOMAXPROCS(0)))
 	if processorSpanCount < processorConcurrency {
 		processorConcurrency = processorSpanCount
 	}