diff --git a/src/djangooidc/views.py b/src/djangooidc/views.py
index 12b82f242..815df4ecf 100644
--- a/src/djangooidc/views.py
+++ b/src/djangooidc/views.py
@@ -99,8 +99,16 @@ def login_callback(request):
             return CLIENT.create_authn_request(request.session)
         user = authenticate(request=request, **userinfo)
         if user:
-            # Set the verification type if it doesn't already exist
-            if not user.verification_type:
+
+            # Fixture users kind of exist in a superposition of verification types,
+            # because while the system "verified" them, if they login,
+            # we don't know how the user themselves was verified through login.gov until
+            # they actually try logging in. This edge-case only matters in non-production environments.
+            fixture_user = User.VerificationTypeChoices.FIXTURE_USER
+            is_fixture_user = user.verification_type and user.verification_type == fixture_user
+
+            # Set the verification type if it doesn't already exist or if its a fixture user
+            if not user.verification_type or is_fixture_user:
                 user.set_user_verification_type()
                 user.save()
 
diff --git a/src/registrar/fixtures_users.py b/src/registrar/fixtures_users.py
index 4c2b85233..a901b83e6 100644
--- a/src/registrar/fixtures_users.py
+++ b/src/registrar/fixtures_users.py
@@ -188,9 +188,6 @@ class UserFixture:
         logger.info(f"Going to load {len(users)} users in group {group_name}")
         for user_data in users:
             try:
-
-                # TODO - Add the fixture user to the VerifiedByStaff table
-                # (To track how this user was verified)
                 user, _ = User.objects.get_or_create(username=user_data["username"])
                 user.is_superuser = False
                 user.first_name = user_data["first_name"]
@@ -199,6 +196,10 @@ class UserFixture:
                     user.email = user_data["email"]
                 user.is_staff = True
                 user.is_active = True
+                # This verification type will get reverted to "regular" (or whichever is applicables)
+                # once the user logs in for the first time (as they then got verified through different means).
+                # In the meantime, we can still describe how the user got here in the first place.
+                user.verification_type = User.VerificationTypeChoices.FIXTURE_USER
                 group = UserGroup.objects.get(name=group_name)
                 user.groups.add(group)
                 user.save()
diff --git a/src/registrar/models/user.py b/src/registrar/models/user.py
index b67421d3f..79bf905b9 100644
--- a/src/registrar/models/user.py
+++ b/src/registrar/models/user.py
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ class User(AbstractUser):
         VERIFIED_BY_STAFF = "verified_by_staff", "Verified by staff"
         REGULAR = "regular", "Verified by Login.gov"
         INVITED = "invited", "Invited by a domain manager"
+        # We need a type for fixture users (rather than using verified by staff)
+        # because those users still do get "verified" through normal means 
+        # after they login.
+        FIXTURE_USER = "fixture_user", "Created by fixtures"
 
     # #### Constants for choice fields ####
     RESTRICTED = "restricted"