diff --git a/esphome/components/api/api.proto b/esphome/components/api/api.proto
index 3e9a62f3d8..88a74540d0 100644
--- a/esphome/components/api/api.proto
+++ b/esphome/components/api/api.proto
@@ -473,6 +473,7 @@ enum SensorStateClass {
   STATE_CLASS_NONE = 0;
   STATE_CLASS_MEASUREMENT = 1;
   STATE_CLASS_TOTAL_INCREASING = 2;
+  STATE_CLASS_TOTAL = 3;
 }
 
 enum SensorLastResetType {
diff --git a/esphome/components/api/api_pb2.cpp b/esphome/components/api/api_pb2.cpp
index 70f909c07a..b91c9bd600 100644
--- a/esphome/components/api/api_pb2.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/api/api_pb2.cpp
@@ -108,6 +108,8 @@ template<> const char *proto_enum_to_string<enums::SensorStateClass>(enums::Sens
       return "STATE_CLASS_MEASUREMENT";
     case enums::STATE_CLASS_TOTAL_INCREASING:
       return "STATE_CLASS_TOTAL_INCREASING";
+    case enums::STATE_CLASS_TOTAL:
+      return "STATE_CLASS_TOTAL";
     default:
       return "UNKNOWN";
   }
diff --git a/esphome/components/api/api_pb2.h b/esphome/components/api/api_pb2.h
index ec1cdc35ac..f9981fdbb7 100644
--- a/esphome/components/api/api_pb2.h
+++ b/esphome/components/api/api_pb2.h
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ enum SensorStateClass : uint32_t {
   STATE_CLASS_NONE = 0,
   STATE_CLASS_MEASUREMENT = 1,
   STATE_CLASS_TOTAL_INCREASING = 2,
+  STATE_CLASS_TOTAL = 3,
 };
 enum SensorLastResetType : uint32_t {
   LAST_RESET_NONE = 0,
diff --git a/esphome/components/sensor/__init__.py b/esphome/components/sensor/__init__.py
index e88cd05c31..d6ba038057 100644
--- a/esphome/components/sensor/__init__.py
+++ b/esphome/components/sensor/__init__.py
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ STATE_CLASSES = {
     "": StateClasses.STATE_CLASS_NONE,
     "measurement": StateClasses.STATE_CLASS_MEASUREMENT,
     "total_increasing": StateClasses.STATE_CLASS_TOTAL_INCREASING,
+    "total": StateClasses.STATE_CLASS_TOTAL,
 }
 validate_state_class = cv.enum(STATE_CLASSES, lower=True, space="_")
 
diff --git a/esphome/components/sensor/sensor.cpp b/esphome/components/sensor/sensor.cpp
index c0869631aa..a729791e7e 100644
--- a/esphome/components/sensor/sensor.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/sensor/sensor.cpp
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ std::string state_class_to_string(StateClass state_class) {
       return "measurement";
     case STATE_CLASS_TOTAL_INCREASING:
       return "total_increasing";
+    case STATE_CLASS_TOTAL:
+      return "total";
     case STATE_CLASS_NONE:
     default:
       return "";
diff --git a/esphome/components/sensor/sensor.h b/esphome/components/sensor/sensor.h
index f29125ee42..ba9edd68d0 100644
--- a/esphome/components/sensor/sensor.h
+++ b/esphome/components/sensor/sensor.h
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ enum StateClass : uint8_t {
   STATE_CLASS_NONE = 0,
   STATE_CLASS_MEASUREMENT = 1,
   STATE_CLASS_TOTAL_INCREASING = 2,
+  STATE_CLASS_TOTAL = 3,
 };
 
 std::string state_class_to_string(StateClass state_class);
diff --git a/esphome/const.py b/esphome/const.py
index e495775056..6f5eaabfcb 100644
--- a/esphome/const.py
+++ b/esphome/const.py
@@ -956,6 +956,9 @@ STATE_CLASS_MEASUREMENT = "measurement"
 # The state represents a total that only increases, a decrease is considered a reset.
 STATE_CLASS_TOTAL_INCREASING = "total_increasing"
 
+# The state represents a total amount that can both increase and decrease, e.g. a net energy meter.
+STATE_CLASS_TOTAL = "total"
+
 KEY_CORE = "core"
 KEY_TARGET_PLATFORM = "target_platform"
 KEY_TARGET_FRAMEWORK = "target_framework"