diff --git a/executorlib/backend/interactive_parallel.py b/executorlib/backend/interactive_parallel.py
index 3d5aadcc..36880dc9 100644
--- a/executorlib/backend/interactive_parallel.py
+++ b/executorlib/backend/interactive_parallel.py
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ def main() -> None:
             host=argument_dict["host"], port=argument_dict["zmqport"]
         )
 
-    memory = None
+    memory = {"executorlib_worker_id": int(argument_dict["worker_id"])}
 
     # required for flux interface - otherwise the current path is not included in the python path
     cwd = abspath(".")
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ def main() -> None:
             and "args" in input_dict
             and "kwargs" in input_dict
         ):
-            memory = call_funct(input_dict=input_dict, funct=None)
+            memory.update(call_funct(input_dict=input_dict, funct=None, memory=memory))
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
diff --git a/executorlib/backend/interactive_serial.py b/executorlib/backend/interactive_serial.py
index c72d95a0..859e2905 100644
--- a/executorlib/backend/interactive_serial.py
+++ b/executorlib/backend/interactive_serial.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ def main(argument_lst: Optional[list[str]] = None):
         host=argument_dict["host"], port=argument_dict["zmqport"]
     )
 
-    memory = None
+    memory = {"executorlib_worker_id": int(argument_dict["worker_id"])}
 
     # required for flux interface - otherwise the current path is not included in the python path
     cwd = abspath(".")
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ def main(argument_lst: Optional[list[str]] = None):
             and "args" in input_dict
             and "kwargs" in input_dict
         ):
-            memory = call_funct(input_dict=input_dict, funct=None)
+            memory.update(call_funct(input_dict=input_dict, funct=None, memory=memory))
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
diff --git a/executorlib/standalone/interactive/backend.py b/executorlib/standalone/interactive/backend.py
index 2fb4fdd6..53d014c5 100644
--- a/executorlib/standalone/interactive/backend.py
+++ b/executorlib/standalone/interactive/backend.py
@@ -48,8 +48,9 @@ def parse_arguments(argument_lst: list[str]) -> dict:
         argument_dict={
             "zmqport": "--zmqport",
             "host": "--host",
+            "worker_id": "--worker-id",
         },
-        default_dict={"host": "localhost"},
+        default_dict={"host": "localhost", "worker_id": 0},
     )
 
 
diff --git a/executorlib/standalone/interactive/communication.py b/executorlib/standalone/interactive/communication.py
index 5d0c6711..9cc0cc68 100644
--- a/executorlib/standalone/interactive/communication.py
+++ b/executorlib/standalone/interactive/communication.py
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ def interface_bootup(
     connections,
     hostname_localhost: Optional[bool] = None,
     log_obj_size: bool = False,
+    worker_id: Optional[int] = None,
 ) -> SocketInterface:
     """
     Start interface for ZMQ communication
@@ -152,6 +153,8 @@ def interface_bootup(
                                       this look up for security reasons. So on MacOS it is required to set this
                                       option to true
         log_obj_size (boolean): Enable debug mode which reports the size of the communicated objects.
+        worker_id (int): Communicate the worker which ID was assigned to it for future reference and resource
+                         distribution.
 
     Returns:
          executorlib.shared.communication.SocketInterface: socket interface for zmq communication
@@ -165,6 +168,8 @@ def interface_bootup(
             "--host",
             gethostname(),
         ]
+    if worker_id is not None:
+        command_lst += ["--worker-id", str(worker_id)]
     interface = SocketInterface(
         spawner=connections,
         log_obj_size=log_obj_size,
diff --git a/executorlib/task_scheduler/interactive/blockallocation.py b/executorlib/task_scheduler/interactive/blockallocation.py
index b417c655..96cec2c1 100644
--- a/executorlib/task_scheduler/interactive/blockallocation.py
+++ b/executorlib/task_scheduler/interactive/blockallocation.py
@@ -65,9 +65,9 @@ def __init__(
             process=[
                 Thread(
                     target=execute_tasks,
-                    kwargs=executor_kwargs,
+                    kwargs=executor_kwargs | {"worker_id": worker_id},
                 )
-                for _ in range(self._max_workers)
+                for worker_id in range(self._max_workers)
             ],
         )
 
diff --git a/executorlib/task_scheduler/interactive/shared.py b/executorlib/task_scheduler/interactive/shared.py
index 55d75fba..bdd1e2de 100644
--- a/executorlib/task_scheduler/interactive/shared.py
+++ b/executorlib/task_scheduler/interactive/shared.py
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ def execute_tasks(
     queue_join_on_shutdown: bool = True,
     log_obj_size: bool = False,
     error_log_file: Optional[str] = None,
+    worker_id: Optional[int] = None,
     **kwargs,
 ) -> None:
     """
@@ -49,6 +50,8 @@ def execute_tasks(
        log_obj_size (bool): Enable debug mode which reports the size of the communicated objects.
        error_log_file (str): Name of the error log file to use for storing exceptions raised by the Python functions
                              submitted to the Executor.
+       worker_id (int): Communicate the worker which ID was assigned to it for future reference and resource
+                        distribution.
     """
     interface = interface_bootup(
         command_lst=get_interactive_execute_command(
@@ -57,6 +60,7 @@ def execute_tasks(
         connections=spawner(cores=cores, **kwargs),
         hostname_localhost=hostname_localhost,
         log_obj_size=log_obj_size,
+        worker_id=worker_id,
     )
     if init_function is not None:
         interface.send_dict(
diff --git a/tests/test_singlenodeexecutor_noblock.py b/tests/test_singlenodeexecutor_noblock.py
index 03f21ef6..0872359a 100644
--- a/tests/test_singlenodeexecutor_noblock.py
+++ b/tests/test_singlenodeexecutor_noblock.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import unittest
+from time import sleep
 
 from executorlib import SingleNodeExecutor
 from executorlib.standalone.serialize import cloudpickle_register
@@ -12,6 +13,15 @@ def resource_dict(resource_dict):
     return resource_dict
 
 
+def get_worker_id(executorlib_worker_id):
+    sleep(0.1)
+    return executorlib_worker_id
+
+
+def init_function():
+    return {"a": 1, "b": 2}
+
+
 class TestExecutorBackend(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_meta_executor_serial_with_dependencies(self):
         with SingleNodeExecutor(
@@ -75,3 +85,58 @@ def test_errors(self):
                 block_allocation=True,
             ) as exe:
                 exe.submit(resource_dict, resource_dict={})
+
+
+class TestWorkerID(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_block_allocation_True(self):
+        with SingleNodeExecutor(
+            max_cores=1,
+            block_allocation=True,
+        ) as exe:
+            worker_id = exe.submit(get_worker_id, resource_dict={}).result()
+        self.assertEqual(worker_id, 0)
+
+    def test_block_allocation_True_two_workers(self):
+        with SingleNodeExecutor(
+            max_cores=2,
+            block_allocation=True,
+        ) as exe:
+            f1_worker_id = exe.submit(get_worker_id, resource_dict={})
+            f2_worker_id = exe.submit(get_worker_id, resource_dict={})
+        self.assertEqual(sum([f1_worker_id.result(), f2_worker_id.result()]), 1)
+
+    def test_init_function(self):
+        with SingleNodeExecutor(
+            max_cores=1,
+            block_allocation=True,
+            init_function=init_function,
+        ) as exe:
+            worker_id = exe.submit(get_worker_id, resource_dict={}).result()
+        self.assertEqual(worker_id, 0)
+
+    def test_init_function_two_workers(self):
+        with SingleNodeExecutor(
+            max_cores=2,
+            block_allocation=True,
+            init_function=init_function,
+        ) as exe:
+            f1_worker_id = exe.submit(get_worker_id, resource_dict={})
+            f2_worker_id = exe.submit(get_worker_id, resource_dict={})
+        self.assertEqual(sum([f1_worker_id.result(), f2_worker_id.result()]), 1)
+
+    def test_block_allocation_False(self):
+        with SingleNodeExecutor(
+            max_cores=1,
+            block_allocation=False,
+        ) as exe:
+            worker_id = exe.submit(get_worker_id, resource_dict={}).result()
+        self.assertEqual(worker_id, 0)
+
+    def test_block_allocation_False_two_workers(self):
+        with SingleNodeExecutor(
+            max_cores=2,
+            block_allocation=False,
+        ) as exe:
+            f1_worker_id = exe.submit(get_worker_id, resource_dict={})
+            f2_worker_id = exe.submit(get_worker_id, resource_dict={})
+        self.assertEqual(sum([f1_worker_id.result(), f2_worker_id.result()]), 0)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/test_standalone_interactive_backend.py b/tests/test_standalone_interactive_backend.py
index c2306cae..226cdb26 100644
--- a/tests/test_standalone_interactive_backend.py
+++ b/tests/test_standalone_interactive_backend.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ class TestParser(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_command_local(self):
         result_dict = {
             "host": "localhost",
+            "worker_id": 0,
             "zmqport": "22",
         }
         command_lst = [
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ def test_command_local(self):
     def test_command_slurm(self):
         result_dict = {
             "host": "127.0.0.1",
+            "worker_id": 0,
             "zmqport": "22",
         }
         command_lst = [
@@ -76,6 +78,7 @@ def test_command_slurm(self):
     def test_command_slurm_user_command(self):
         result_dict = {
             "host": "127.0.0.1",
+            "worker_id": 0,
             "zmqport": "22",
         }
         command_lst = [