diff --git a/dbt/adapters/bigquery/retry.py b/dbt/adapters/bigquery/retry.py
index 391c00e46..36200703b 100644
--- a/dbt/adapters/bigquery/retry.py
+++ b/dbt/adapters/bigquery/retry.py
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 from google.api_core.exceptions import Forbidden
 from google.api_core.future.polling import DEFAULT_POLLING
 from google.api_core.retry import Retry
-from google.cloud.bigquery.retry import DEFAULT_RETRY
-from google.cloud.exceptions import BadGateway, BadRequest, ServerError
+from google.cloud.bigquery.retry import DEFAULT_RETRY, _job_should_retry
+from google.cloud.exceptions import BadRequest
 from requests.exceptions import ConnectionError
 
 from dbt.adapters.contracts.connection import Connection, ConnectionState
@@ -74,6 +74,11 @@ def __init__(self, retries: int) -> None:
         self._retries: int = retries
         self._error_count = 0
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def _is_retryable(error: Exception) -> bool:
+        """Return true for errors that are unlikely to occur again if retried."""
+        return _job_should_retry(error) or isinstance(error, BadRequest)
+
     def __call__(self, error: Exception) -> bool:
         # exit immediately if the user does not want retries
         if self._retries == 0:
@@ -83,7 +88,7 @@ def __call__(self, error: Exception) -> bool:
         self._error_count += 1
 
         # if the error is retryable, and we haven't breached the threshold, log and continue
-        if _is_retryable(error) and self._error_count <= self._retries:
+        if self._is_retryable(error) and self._error_count <= self._retries:
             _logger.debug(
                 f"Retry attempt {self._error_count} of {self._retries} after error: {repr(error)}"
             )
@@ -113,16 +118,3 @@ def on_error(error: Exception):
                 raise FailedToConnectError(str(e))
 
     return on_error
-
-
-def _is_retryable(error: Exception) -> bool:
-    """Return true for errors that are unlikely to occur again if retried."""
-    if isinstance(
-        error, (BadGateway, BadRequest, ConnectionError, ConnectionResetError, ServerError)
-    ):
-        return True
-    elif isinstance(error, Forbidden) and any(
-        e["reason"] == "rateLimitExceeded" for e in error.errors
-    ):
-        return True
-    return False
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_bigquery_connection_manager.py b/tests/unit/test_bigquery_connection_manager.py
index d4c95792e..c23ffc58b 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_bigquery_connection_manager.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_bigquery_connection_manager.py
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ def generate_connection_reset_error():
         assert new_mock_client is not self.mock_client
 
     def test_is_retryable(self):
-        _is_retryable = dbt.adapters.bigquery.retry._is_retryable
+        _is_retryable = dbt.adapters.bigquery.retry._DeferredException(1)._is_retryable
         exceptions = dbt.adapters.bigquery.impl.google.cloud.exceptions
         internal_server_error = exceptions.InternalServerError("code broke")
         bad_request_error = exceptions.BadRequest("code broke")