diff --git a/providers/edge3/src/airflow/providers/edge3/cli/edge_command.py b/providers/edge3/src/airflow/providers/edge3/cli/edge_command.py
index 7a9186f2f574e..d1e3133d536ab 100644
--- a/providers/edge3/src/airflow/providers/edge3/cli/edge_command.py
+++ b/providers/edge3/src/airflow/providers/edge3/cli/edge_command.py
@@ -404,8 +404,7 @@ def add_worker_queues(args) -> None:
         add_worker_queues(args.edge_hostname, queues)
         logger.info("Added queues %s to Edge Worker host %s by %s.", queues, args.edge_hostname, getuser())
     except TypeError as e:
-        logger.error(str(e))
-        raise SystemExit
+        raise SystemExit(str(e))
 
 
 @cli_utils.action_cli(check_db=False)
@@ -426,8 +425,7 @@ def remove_worker_queues(args) -> None:
             "Removed queues %s from Edge Worker host %s by %s.", queues, args.edge_hostname, getuser()
         )
     except TypeError as e:
-        logger.error(str(e))
-        raise SystemExit
+        raise SystemExit(str(e))
 
 
 @cli_utils.action_cli(check_db=False)
@@ -450,5 +448,4 @@ def set_remote_worker_concurrency(args) -> None:
             getuser(),
         )
     except TypeError as e:
-        logger.error(str(e))
-        raise SystemExit
+        raise SystemExit(str(e))
diff --git a/providers/edge3/tests/unit/edge3/cli/test_edge_command.py b/providers/edge3/tests/unit/edge3/cli/test_edge_command.py
index 0c0bad84fb9d3..cc9c46dda74f1 100644
--- a/providers/edge3/tests/unit/edge3/cli/test_edge_command.py
+++ b/providers/edge3/tests/unit/edge3/cli/test_edge_command.py
@@ -14,5 +14,56 @@
 # KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
 # specific language governing permissions and limitations
 # under the License.
+from __future__ import annotations
 
-# here is nothing to test, all is CLI wrapper only
+from types import SimpleNamespace
+from unittest import mock
+
+import pytest
+
+from airflow.providers.edge3.cli import edge_command
+
+
+class TestWorkerAdminExitCodes:
+    """CLI worker-admin subcommands must exit non-zero when the model raises."""
+
+    @pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
+    def _stub_db_checks(self):
+        with (
+            mock.patch.object(edge_command, "_check_valid_db_connection"),
+            mock.patch.object(edge_command, "_check_if_registered_edge_host"),
+        ):
+            yield
+
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize(
+        ("cli_func", "model_attr", "args"),
+        [
+            (
+                edge_command.add_worker_queues,
+                "add_worker_queues",
+                SimpleNamespace(edge_hostname="worker-1", queues="q1,q2"),
+            ),
+            (
+                edge_command.remove_worker_queues,
+                "remove_worker_queues",
+                SimpleNamespace(edge_hostname="worker-1", queues="q1"),
+            ),
+            (
+                edge_command.set_remote_worker_concurrency,
+                "set_worker_concurrency",
+                SimpleNamespace(edge_hostname="worker-1", concurrency=8),
+            ),
+        ],
+        ids=["add_worker_queues", "remove_worker_queues", "set_remote_worker_concurrency"],
+    )
+    def test_exits_non_zero_when_model_raises_type_error(self, cli_func, model_attr, args):
+        message = "Cannot mutate worker in OFFLINE state!"
+        with mock.patch(
+            f"airflow.providers.edge3.models.edge_worker.{model_attr}",
+            side_effect=TypeError(message),
+        ):
+            with pytest.raises(SystemExit) as exc_info:
+                cli_func(args)
+        # SystemExit with a string argument yields exit code 1 via sys.exit's
+        # convention; a bare `raise SystemExit` would leave code=None (exit 0).
+        assert exc_info.value.code == message