diff --git a/care/users/api/viewsets/users.py b/care/users/api/viewsets/users.py
index 7916d08418..f2152d3762 100644
--- a/care/users/api/viewsets/users.py
+++ b/care/users/api/viewsets/users.py
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ def get_queryset(self):
         if self.request.user.user_type >= User.TYPE_VALUE_MAP["StateReadOnlyAdmin"]:
             query |= Q(
                 state=self.request.user.state,
-                user_type__lt=User.TYPE_VALUE_MAP["StateAdmin"],
+                user_type__lte=User.TYPE_VALUE_MAP["StateAdmin"],
                 is_superuser=False,
             )
         elif (
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ def get_queryset(self):
         ):
             query |= Q(
                 district=self.request.user.district,
-                user_type__lt=User.TYPE_VALUE_MAP["DistrictAdmin"],
+                user_type__lte=User.TYPE_VALUE_MAP["DistrictAdmin"],
                 is_superuser=False,
             )
         else:
diff --git a/care/users/tests/test_facility_user_create.py b/care/users/tests/test_facility_user_create.py
index 54d7edea3b..e8af56e9cd 100644
--- a/care/users/tests/test_facility_user_create.py
+++ b/care/users/tests/test_facility_user_create.py
@@ -16,6 +16,12 @@ def setUpTestData(cls) -> None:
         cls.super_user = cls.create_super_user("su", cls.district)
         cls.facility = cls.create_facility(cls.super_user, cls.district, cls.local_body)
         cls.user = cls.create_user("staff1", cls.district, home_facility=cls.facility)
+        cls.state_admin = cls.create_user(
+            "stateadmin1",
+            cls.district,
+            home_facility=cls.facility,
+            user_type=User.TYPE_VALUE_MAP["StateAdmin"],
+        )
 
     def get_base_url(self):
         return "/api/v1/users/add_user/"
@@ -46,8 +52,8 @@ def get_detail_representation(self, obj: User = None) -> dict:
             "ward": getattr(obj.ward, "id", None),
         }
 
-    def get_new_user_data(self):
-        return {
+    def get_user_data(self, **kwargs):
+        data = {
             "username": "roopak",
             "user_type": "Staff",
             "phone_number": "+917795937091",
@@ -60,18 +66,28 @@ def get_new_user_data(self):
             "verified": True,
             "facilities": [self.facility.external_id],
         }
+        data.update(kwargs)
+        return data.copy()
 
     def test_create_facility_user__should_fail__when_higher_level(self):
-        data = self.get_new_user_data().copy()
-        data.update({"user_type": "DistrictAdmin"})
-
+        data = self.get_user_data(user_type="DistrictAdmin")
         response = self.client.post(self.get_base_url(), data=data, format="json")
         self.assertEqual(response.status_code, status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST)
 
     def test_create_facility_user__should_fail__when_different_location(self):
         new_district = self.clone_object(self.district)
-        data = self.get_new_user_data().copy()
-        data.update({"district": new_district.id})
-
+        data = self.get_user_data(district=new_district.id)
         response = self.client.post(self.get_base_url(), data=data, format="json")
         self.assertEqual(response.status_code, status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST)
+
+    def test_create_user_of_same_type(self):
+        self.client.force_authenticate(self.state_admin)
+
+        data = self.get_user_data(
+            username="stateadmin2", user_type=User.TYPE_VALUE_MAP["StateAdmin"]
+        )
+        res = self.client.post(self.get_base_url(), data=data, format="json")
+        self.assertEqual(res.status_code, status.HTTP_201_CREATED)
+
+        res = self.client.get("/api/v1/users/", {"username": "stateadmin2"})
+        self.assertContains(res, "stateadmin2")