diff --git a/qiskit_ibm_runtime/runtime_job.py b/qiskit_ibm_runtime/runtime_job.py
index fb86b3d2c..8d13b1480 100644
--- a/qiskit_ibm_runtime/runtime_job.py
+++ b/qiskit_ibm_runtime/runtime_job.py
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 )
 from .utils.result_decoder import ResultDecoder
 from .utils.queueinfo import QueueInfo
+from .utils.deprecation import issue_deprecation_msg
 from .api.clients import RuntimeClient
 from .api.exceptions import RequestsApiError
 from .api.client_parameters import ClientParameters
@@ -95,7 +96,7 @@ def __init__(
         tags: Optional[List] = None,
         version: Optional[int] = None,
     ) -> None:
-        """RuntimeJob constructor.
+        """(DEPRECATED) RuntimeJob constructor.
 
         Args:
             backend: The backend instance used to run this job.
@@ -112,6 +113,15 @@ def __init__(
             tags: Tags assigned to the job.
             version: Primitive version.
         """
+
+        issue_deprecation_msg(
+            msg="The RuntimeJob class is deprecated",
+            version="0.37.0",
+            stacklevel=4,
+            remedy="All primitives now return the RuntimeJobV2 class. The major difference between "
+            "the two classes is that `Job.status()` is returned as a string in RuntimeJobV2.",
+        )
+
         Job.__init__(self, backend=backend, job_id=job_id)
         BaseRuntimeJob.__init__(
             self,
diff --git a/release-notes/unreleased/2170.deprecation.rst b/release-notes/unreleased/2170.deprecation.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7a07a351b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release-notes/unreleased/2170.deprecation.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+:class:`RuntimeJob` is now deprecated. All of the primitives return :class:`RuntimeJobV2` so there is no need for 
+``RuntimeJob`` anymore. The major difference between the two classes is that 
+:meth:`~.RuntimeJobV2.status` returns a string instead of Qiskit's ``JobStatus`` enum.
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