diff --git a/.coveragerc b/.coveragerc
index 1280df1e654..162e0c65f06 100644
--- a/.coveragerc
+++ b/.coveragerc
@@ -589,7 +589,6 @@ omit =
     homeassistant/components/nut/sensor.py
     homeassistant/components/nx584/alarm_control_panel.py
     homeassistant/components/nzbget/coordinator.py
-    homeassistant/components/nzbget/sensor.py
     homeassistant/components/obihai/*
     homeassistant/components/octoprint/*
     homeassistant/components/oem/climate.py
diff --git a/homeassistant/components/nzbget/sensor.py b/homeassistant/components/nzbget/sensor.py
index c9437195826..ddbc73ca10a 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/nzbget/sensor.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/nzbget/sensor.py
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ async def async_setup_entry(
             )
         )
 
-    async_add_entities(sensors, True)
+    async_add_entities(sensors)
 
 
 class NZBGetSensor(NZBGetEntity, Entity):
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ class NZBGetSensor(NZBGetEntity, Entity):
     @property
     def state(self):
         """Return the state of the sensor."""
-        value = self.coordinator.data.status.get(self._sensor_type)
+        value = self.coordinator.data["status"].get(self._sensor_type)
 
         if value is None:
             _LOGGER.warning("Unable to locate value for %s", self._sensor_type)
diff --git a/tests/components/nzbget/__init__.py b/tests/components/nzbget/__init__.py
index 8da67e2a0a2..8a36b299d87 100644
--- a/tests/components/nzbget/__init__.py
+++ b/tests/components/nzbget/__init__.py
@@ -48,16 +48,16 @@ YAML_CONFIG = {
 MOCK_VERSION = "21.0"
 
 MOCK_STATUS = {
-    "ArticleCacheMB": "64",
-    "AverageDownloadRate": "512",
-    "DownloadPaused": "4",
-    "DownloadRate": "1000",
-    "DownloadedSizeMB": "256",
-    "FreeDiskSpaceMB": "1024",
-    "PostJobCount": "2",
-    "PostPaused": "4",
-    "RemainingSizeMB": "512",
-    "UpTimeSec": "600",
+    "ArticleCacheMB": 64,
+    "AverageDownloadRate": 1250000,
+    "DownloadPaused": 4,
+    "DownloadRate": 2500000,
+    "DownloadedSizeMB": 256,
+    "FreeDiskSpaceMB": 1024,
+    "PostJobCount": 2,
+    "PostPaused": 4,
+    "RemainingSizeMB": 512,
+    "UpTimeSec": 600,
 }
 
 MOCK_HISTORY = [
diff --git a/tests/components/nzbget/test_sensor.py b/tests/components/nzbget/test_sensor.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..43803384740
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/components/nzbget/test_sensor.py
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+"""Test the NZBGet sensors."""
+from datetime import timedelta
+
+from homeassistant.const import (
+    ATTR_UNIT_OF_MEASUREMENT,
+    DATA_MEGABYTES,
+    DATA_RATE_MEGABYTES_PER_SECOND,
+    DEVICE_CLASS_TIMESTAMP,
+)
+from homeassistant.util import dt as dt_util
+
+from . import init_integration
+
+from tests.async_mock import patch
+
+
+async def test_sensors(hass) -> None:
+    """Test the creation and values of the sensors."""
+    now = dt_util.utcnow().replace(microsecond=0)
+    with patch("homeassistant.util.dt.utcnow", return_value=now):
+        entry = await init_integration(hass)
+
+    registry = await hass.helpers.entity_registry.async_get_registry()
+
+    uptime = now - timedelta(seconds=600)
+
+    sensors = {
+        "article_cache": ("ArticleCacheMB", "64", DATA_MEGABYTES, None),
+        "average_speed": (
+            "AverageDownloadRate",
+            "1.19",
+            DATA_RATE_MEGABYTES_PER_SECOND,
+            None,
+        ),
+        "download_paused": ("DownloadPaused", "4", None, None),
+        "speed": ("DownloadRate", "2.38", DATA_RATE_MEGABYTES_PER_SECOND, None),
+        "size": ("DownloadedSizeMB", "256", DATA_MEGABYTES, None),
+        "disk_free": ("FreeDiskSpaceMB", "1024", DATA_MEGABYTES, None),
+        "post_processing_jobs": ("PostJobCount", "2", "Jobs", None),
+        "post_processing_paused": ("PostPaused", "4", None, None),
+        "queue_size": ("RemainingSizeMB", "512", DATA_MEGABYTES, None),
+        "uptime": ("UpTimeSec", uptime.isoformat(), None, DEVICE_CLASS_TIMESTAMP),
+    }
+
+    for (sensor_id, data) in sensors.items():
+        entity_entry = registry.async_get(f"sensor.nzbgettest_{sensor_id}")
+        assert entity_entry
+        assert entity_entry.device_class == data[3]
+        assert entity_entry.unique_id == f"{entry.entry_id}_{data[0]}"
+
+        state = hass.states.get(f"sensor.nzbgettest_{sensor_id}")
+        assert state
+        assert state.attributes.get(ATTR_UNIT_OF_MEASUREMENT) == data[2]
+        assert state.state == data[1]