diff --git a/homeassistant/components/recorder/__init__.py b/homeassistant/components/recorder/__init__.py
index a0d2f1c8702..ef53721efd2 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/recorder/__init__.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/recorder/__init__.py
@@ -83,6 +83,8 @@ from .models import (
     Events,
     StateAttributes,
     States,
+    StatisticData,
+    StatisticMetaData,
     StatisticsRuns,
     process_timestamp,
 )
@@ -460,8 +462,8 @@ class StatisticsTask(RecorderTask):
 class ExternalStatisticsTask(RecorderTask):
     """An object to insert into the recorder queue to run an external statistics task."""
 
-    metadata: dict
-    statistics: Iterable[dict]
+    metadata: StatisticMetaData
+    statistics: Iterable[StatisticData]
 
     def run(self, instance: Recorder) -> None:
         """Run statistics task."""
@@ -916,7 +918,9 @@ class Recorder(threading.Thread):
         self.queue.put(UpdateStatisticsMetadataTask(statistic_id, unit_of_measurement))
 
     @callback
-    def async_external_statistics(self, metadata: dict, stats: Iterable[dict]) -> None:
+    def async_external_statistics(
+        self, metadata: StatisticMetaData, stats: Iterable[StatisticData]
+    ) -> None:
         """Schedule external statistics."""
         self.queue.put(ExternalStatisticsTask(metadata, stats))
 
diff --git a/homeassistant/components/recorder/util.py b/homeassistant/components/recorder/util.py
index b67f4c6d558..b63bbe740bc 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/recorder/util.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/recorder/util.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import functools
 import logging
 import os
 import time
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, TypeVar
 
 from awesomeversion import (
     AwesomeVersion,
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ from sqlalchemy.engine.cursor import CursorFetchStrategy
 from sqlalchemy.exc import OperationalError, SQLAlchemyError
 from sqlalchemy.orm.query import Query
 from sqlalchemy.orm.session import Session
+from typing_extensions import Concatenate, ParamSpec
 
 from homeassistant.core import HomeAssistant
 import homeassistant.util.dt as dt_util
@@ -40,6 +41,9 @@ from .models import (
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from . import Recorder
 
+_RecorderT = TypeVar("_RecorderT", bound="Recorder")
+_P = ParamSpec("_P")
+
 _LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 RETRIES = 3
@@ -430,15 +434,22 @@ def end_incomplete_runs(session: Session, start_time: datetime) -> None:
         session.add(run)
 
 
-def retryable_database_job(description: str) -> Callable:
+def retryable_database_job(
+    description: str,
+) -> Callable[
+    [Callable[Concatenate[_RecorderT, _P], bool]],
+    Callable[Concatenate[_RecorderT, _P], bool],
+]:
     """Try to execute a database job.
 
     The job should return True if it finished, and False if it needs to be rescheduled.
     """
 
-    def decorator(job: Callable[[Any], bool]) -> Callable:
+    def decorator(
+        job: Callable[Concatenate[_RecorderT, _P], bool]
+    ) -> Callable[Concatenate[_RecorderT, _P], bool]:
         @functools.wraps(job)
-        def wrapper(instance: Recorder, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> bool:
+        def wrapper(instance: _RecorderT, *args: _P.args, **kwargs: _P.kwargs) -> bool:
             try:
                 return job(instance, *args, **kwargs)
             except OperationalError as err: