Latest monthly Municipal Money Matters reviews claims & payouts for city’s public safety departments
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 29, 2024
PHILADELPHIA – City Controller Christy Brady today issued the latest Municipal Money Matters report that found total workers’ compensation payouts declined by $24 million, or 82 percent, over the last two years for the city’s public safety departments.
In Fiscal Year 2024, there were 793 total claims filed with the Police, Fire, Prisons and Sheriff’s departments. This amounted to $5 million in payments related to workers’ compensation claims. In Fiscal Year 2022, the total amount paid for these departments totaled $29 million.
The Police Department’s claims make up the bulk of the claims and amounts paid. However, the Police Department paid almost $12 million less than two years ago. The Fire Department is down almost $10 million, and the Prisons Department is down $2.2 million.
A breakdown of total amounts paid by department includes:
| Dept. | FY22 (millions) | FY24 (millions) | $ chg. (millions) | % chg. |
| Police | $14.7 | $2.8 | -$11.9 | -81% |
| Fire | $11.5 | $1.9 | -$9.6 | -83% |
| Prisons | $2.5 | $0.3 | -$2.2 | -88% |
| Sheriff | $0.3 | $0.2 | -$0.1 | -33% |
| Total | $29.0 | $5.2 | -$23.8 | -82% |
The City of Philadelphia and its departments are self-insured and must pay workers’ compensation claims to employees who are injured on the job while performing their duties.
Visit https://controller.phila.gov/ to view the City Controller’s latest report.
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