diff --git a/app/jobs/application_job.rb b/app/jobs/application_job.rb
index 7a008029d..8fde78f02 100644
--- a/app/jobs/application_job.rb
+++ b/app/jobs/application_job.rb
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ class ApplicationJob < ActiveJob::Base
   class JobTimeoutError < StandardError; end
 
   queue_as :default
+
+  # Jobs with higher priority are processed first. Higher number = higher priority.
   queue_with_priority 0
 
   around_perform do |_job, block|
diff --git a/app/jobs/delete_favorites_job.rb b/app/jobs/delete_favorites_job.rb
index d1635b06e..d8d6212dd 100644
--- a/app/jobs/delete_favorites_job.rb
+++ b/app/jobs/delete_favorites_job.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 # A job that deletes a user's favorites when they delete their account.
 class DeleteFavoritesJob < ApplicationJob
   queue_as :default
-  queue_with_priority 20
 
   def perform(user)
     Post.without_timeout do
diff --git a/app/jobs/delete_user_job.rb b/app/jobs/delete_user_job.rb
index 7a8e576ab..eb3220ba0 100644
--- a/app/jobs/delete_user_job.rb
+++ b/app/jobs/delete_user_job.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 # A job that deletes a user's settings and other personal data when they delete their account.
 class DeleteUserJob < ApplicationJob
   queue_as :default
-  queue_with_priority 20
 
   def perform(user)
     UserDeletion.new(user: user).delete_user
diff --git a/app/jobs/populate_saved_search_job.rb b/app/jobs/populate_saved_search_job.rb
index 08434876f..70b381153 100644
--- a/app/jobs/populate_saved_search_job.rb
+++ b/app/jobs/populate_saved_search_job.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # `search:all` or `search:<label>`.
 class PopulateSavedSearchJob < ApplicationJob
   queue_as :default
-  queue_with_priority 20
+  queue_with_priority -1
 
   def perform(query)
     SavedSearch.populate(query)
diff --git a/app/jobs/process_upload_job.rb b/app/jobs/process_upload_job.rb
index 0476b5ccf..1acc0a6d0 100644
--- a/app/jobs/process_upload_job.rb
+++ b/app/jobs/process_upload_job.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
 class ProcessUploadJob < ApplicationJob
-  queue_with_priority -1
+  queue_with_priority 30
 
   def perform(upload)
     upload.process_upload!
diff --git a/app/jobs/process_upload_media_asset_job.rb b/app/jobs/process_upload_media_asset_job.rb
index 3f0d1c173..70dc3a328 100644
--- a/app/jobs/process_upload_media_asset_job.rb
+++ b/app/jobs/process_upload_media_asset_job.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
 class ProcessUploadMediaAssetJob < ApplicationJob
-  queue_with_priority -1
+  queue_with_priority 20
 
   def perform(upload_media_asset)
     upload_media_asset.process_upload!
diff --git a/app/jobs/regenerate_post_job.rb b/app/jobs/regenerate_post_job.rb
index 539b8a6ec..957d5c674 100644
--- a/app/jobs/regenerate_post_job.rb
+++ b/app/jobs/regenerate_post_job.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 # A job that regenerates a post's images and IQDB when a moderator requests it.
 class RegeneratePostJob < ApplicationJob
   queue_as :default
-  queue_with_priority 20
 
   def perform(post:, category:, user:)
     post.regenerate!(category, user)