diff --git a/exporter/awsemfexporter/metric_translator.go b/exporter/awsemfexporter/metric_translator.go
index 02fb101c5d34..8e4fe395978c 100644
--- a/exporter/awsemfexporter/metric_translator.go
+++ b/exporter/awsemfexporter/metric_translator.go
@@ -433,11 +433,36 @@ func translateCWMetricToEMF(cWMetric *cWMetrics, config *Config) (*cwlogs.Event,
 		}
 	}
 
+	// remove metrics from fieldMap
+	metricsMap := make(map[string]interface{})
+	for _, measurement := range cWMetric.measurements {
+		for _, metric := range measurement.Metrics {
+			metricName, exist := metric["Name"]
+			if exist {
+				v, ok := fieldMap[metricName]
+				if ok {
+					metricsMap[metricName] = v
+					delete(fieldMap, metricName)
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
 	pleMsg, err := json.Marshal(fieldMap)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	// append metrics json to pleMsg
+	if len(metricsMap) > 0 {
+		metricsMsg, err := json.Marshal(metricsMap)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		metricsMsg[0] = ','
+		pleMsg = append(pleMsg[:len(pleMsg)-1], metricsMsg...)
+	}
+
 	metricCreationTime := cWMetric.timestampMs
 	logEvent := cwlogs.NewEvent(
 		metricCreationTime,
diff --git a/exporter/awsemfexporter/metric_translator_test.go b/exporter/awsemfexporter/metric_translator_test.go
index a72c725aa6fa..ed4c12ac13bb 100644
--- a/exporter/awsemfexporter/metric_translator_test.go
+++ b/exporter/awsemfexporter/metric_translator_test.go
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ func TestTranslateCWMetricToEMF(t *testing.T) {
 				}},
 			}},
 			disableMetricExtraction: false,
-			expectedEMFLogEvent:     "{\"OTelLib\":\"cloudwatch-otel\",\"Sources\":[\"cadvisor\",\"pod\",\"calculated\"],\"Version\":\"1\",\"_aws\":{\"CloudWatchMetrics\":[{\"Namespace\":\"test-emf\",\"Dimensions\":[[\"OTelLib\"],[\"OTelLib\",\"spanName\"]],\"Metrics\":[{\"Name\":\"spanCounter\",\"Unit\":\"Count\"}]}],\"Timestamp\":1596151098037},\"kubernetes\":{\"container_name\":\"cloudwatch-agent\",\"docker\":{\"container_id\":\"fc1b0a4c3faaa1808e187486a3a90cbea883dccaf2e2c46d4069d663b032a1ca\"},\"host\":\"ip-192-168-58-245.ec2.internal\",\"labels\":{\"controller-revision-hash\":\"5bdbf497dc\",\"name\":\"cloudwatch-agent\",\"pod-template-generation\":\"1\"},\"namespace_name\":\"amazon-cloudwatch\",\"pod_id\":\"e23f3413-af2e-4a98-89e0-5df2251e7f05\",\"pod_name\":\"cloudwatch-agent-26bl6\",\"pod_owners\":[{\"owner_kind\":\"DaemonSet\",\"owner_name\":\"cloudwatch-agent\"}]},\"spanCounter\":0,\"spanName\":\"test\"}",
+			expectedEMFLogEvent:     "{\"OTelLib\":\"cloudwatch-otel\",\"Sources\":[\"cadvisor\",\"pod\",\"calculated\"],\"Version\":\"1\",\"_aws\":{\"CloudWatchMetrics\":[{\"Namespace\":\"test-emf\",\"Dimensions\":[[\"OTelLib\"],[\"OTelLib\",\"spanName\"]],\"Metrics\":[{\"Name\":\"spanCounter\",\"Unit\":\"Count\"}]}],\"Timestamp\":1596151098037},\"kubernetes\":{\"container_name\":\"cloudwatch-agent\",\"docker\":{\"container_id\":\"fc1b0a4c3faaa1808e187486a3a90cbea883dccaf2e2c46d4069d663b032a1ca\"},\"host\":\"ip-192-168-58-245.ec2.internal\",\"labels\":{\"controller-revision-hash\":\"5bdbf497dc\",\"name\":\"cloudwatch-agent\",\"pod-template-generation\":\"1\"},\"namespace_name\":\"amazon-cloudwatch\",\"pod_id\":\"e23f3413-af2e-4a98-89e0-5df2251e7f05\",\"pod_name\":\"cloudwatch-agent-26bl6\",\"pod_owners\":[{\"owner_kind\":\"DaemonSet\",\"owner_name\":\"cloudwatch-agent\"}]},\"spanName\":\"test\",\"spanCounter\":0}",
 		},
 		"WithMeasurementAndEMFV0": {
 			emfVersion: "0",
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ func TestTranslateCWMetricToEMF(t *testing.T) {
 				}},
 			}},
 			disableMetricExtraction: false,
-			expectedEMFLogEvent:     "{\"CloudWatchMetrics\":[{\"Namespace\":\"test-emf\",\"Dimensions\":[[\"OTelLib\"],[\"OTelLib\",\"spanName\"]],\"Metrics\":[{\"Name\":\"spanCounter\",\"Unit\":\"Count\"}]}],\"OTelLib\":\"cloudwatch-otel\",\"Sources\":[\"cadvisor\",\"pod\",\"calculated\"],\"Timestamp\":\"1596151098037\",\"Version\":\"0\",\"kubernetes\":{\"container_name\":\"cloudwatch-agent\",\"docker\":{\"container_id\":\"fc1b0a4c3faaa1808e187486a3a90cbea883dccaf2e2c46d4069d663b032a1ca\"},\"host\":\"ip-192-168-58-245.ec2.internal\",\"labels\":{\"controller-revision-hash\":\"5bdbf497dc\",\"name\":\"cloudwatch-agent\",\"pod-template-generation\":\"1\"},\"namespace_name\":\"amazon-cloudwatch\",\"pod_id\":\"e23f3413-af2e-4a98-89e0-5df2251e7f05\",\"pod_name\":\"cloudwatch-agent-26bl6\",\"pod_owners\":[{\"owner_kind\":\"DaemonSet\",\"owner_name\":\"cloudwatch-agent\"}]},\"spanCounter\":0,\"spanName\":\"test\"}",
+			expectedEMFLogEvent:     "{\"CloudWatchMetrics\":[{\"Namespace\":\"test-emf\",\"Dimensions\":[[\"OTelLib\"],[\"OTelLib\",\"spanName\"]],\"Metrics\":[{\"Name\":\"spanCounter\",\"Unit\":\"Count\"}]}],\"OTelLib\":\"cloudwatch-otel\",\"Sources\":[\"cadvisor\",\"pod\",\"calculated\"],\"Timestamp\":\"1596151098037\",\"Version\":\"0\",\"kubernetes\":{\"container_name\":\"cloudwatch-agent\",\"docker\":{\"container_id\":\"fc1b0a4c3faaa1808e187486a3a90cbea883dccaf2e2c46d4069d663b032a1ca\"},\"host\":\"ip-192-168-58-245.ec2.internal\",\"labels\":{\"controller-revision-hash\":\"5bdbf497dc\",\"name\":\"cloudwatch-agent\",\"pod-template-generation\":\"1\"},\"namespace_name\":\"amazon-cloudwatch\",\"pod_id\":\"e23f3413-af2e-4a98-89e0-5df2251e7f05\",\"pod_name\":\"cloudwatch-agent-26bl6\",\"pod_owners\":[{\"owner_kind\":\"DaemonSet\",\"owner_name\":\"cloudwatch-agent\"}]},\"spanName\":\"test\",\"spanCounter\":0}",
 		},
 		"WithNoMeasurement": {
 			emfVersion:              "1",
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ func TestTranslateCWMetricToEMF(t *testing.T) {
 				}},
 			}},
 			disableMetricExtraction: true,
-			expectedEMFLogEvent:     "{\"OTelLib\":\"cloudwatch-otel\",\"Sources\":[\"cadvisor\",\"pod\",\"calculated\"],\"kubernetes\":{\"container_name\":\"cloudwatch-agent\",\"docker\":{\"container_id\":\"fc1b0a4c3faaa1808e187486a3a90cbea883dccaf2e2c46d4069d663b032a1ca\"},\"host\":\"ip-192-168-58-245.ec2.internal\",\"labels\":{\"controller-revision-hash\":\"5bdbf497dc\",\"name\":\"cloudwatch-agent\",\"pod-template-generation\":\"1\"},\"namespace_name\":\"amazon-cloudwatch\",\"pod_id\":\"e23f3413-af2e-4a98-89e0-5df2251e7f05\",\"pod_name\":\"cloudwatch-agent-26bl6\",\"pod_owners\":[{\"owner_kind\":\"DaemonSet\",\"owner_name\":\"cloudwatch-agent\"}]},\"spanCounter\":0,\"spanName\":\"test\"}",
+			expectedEMFLogEvent:     "{\"OTelLib\":\"cloudwatch-otel\",\"Sources\":[\"cadvisor\",\"pod\",\"calculated\"],\"kubernetes\":{\"container_name\":\"cloudwatch-agent\",\"docker\":{\"container_id\":\"fc1b0a4c3faaa1808e187486a3a90cbea883dccaf2e2c46d4069d663b032a1ca\"},\"host\":\"ip-192-168-58-245.ec2.internal\",\"labels\":{\"controller-revision-hash\":\"5bdbf497dc\",\"name\":\"cloudwatch-agent\",\"pod-template-generation\":\"1\"},\"namespace_name\":\"amazon-cloudwatch\",\"pod_id\":\"e23f3413-af2e-4a98-89e0-5df2251e7f05\",\"pod_name\":\"cloudwatch-agent-26bl6\",\"pod_owners\":[{\"owner_kind\":\"DaemonSet\",\"owner_name\":\"cloudwatch-agent\"}]},\"spanName\":\"test\",\"spanCounter\":0}",
 		},
 	}