Licensing data we checked
Social work licensing, state by state
Requirements for the first license after your degree, checked against each board's own pages. Every number links to the page it came from.
California
ASWNo exam for this one. California registers you first, then you test.
- Fees the board publishes
- Known fees $150
- Supervised hours
- 3,000 hours, 750 client contact
Last checkedDistrict of Columbia
LGSWNo exam to register. The Clinical exam comes after your hours.
- Fees the board publishes
- Known fees $510
- Supervised hours
- 3,000 hours, 100 supervision
Last checkedFlorida
RCSWINo exam to register. The Clinical exam comes after your hours.
- Fees the board publishes
- Known fees $150
- Supervised hours
- 1,500 face-to-face hours, 100 supervision
Last checkedGeorgia
LMSWThe ASWB Masters exam is required before the license.
- Fees the board publishes
- Known fees $230
- Supervised hours
- 3,000 hours, 120 supervision
Last checkedIllinois
LSWIllinois: "no ASWB examination for the LSW since 2022-01-01 (Public Act 102-0326)".
- Fees the board publishes
- Known fees $50
- Supervised hours
- Supervised hours not checked yet
Last checkedMaryland
LMSWThe ASWB Masters exam is required before the license.
- Fees the board publishes
- Known fees $405
- Supervised hours
- 3,000 hours, 1,500 client contact
Last checkedMassachusetts
LCSWThe ASWB Masters exam is required before the license.
- Fees the board publishes
- Known fees $471
- Supervised hours
- 3,500 hours, 100 supervision
Last checkedMichigan
Limited LMSWNo exam for this one. Michigan licenses you first, then you test.
- Fees the board publishes
- Known fees $44
- Supervised hours
- 4,000 hours over at least 24 months
Last checkedNew Jersey
LSWThe ASWB Masters exam is required before the license.
- Fees the board publishes
- Known fees $255
- Supervised hours
- Supervised hours not checked yet
Last checkedNew York
LMSWThe ASWB Masters exam is required before the license.
- Fees the board publishes
- Known fees $594
- Supervised hours
- 2,000 face-to-face hours, 100 supervision
Last checkedNorth Carolina
LCSWANo exam to register. The Clinical exam comes after your hours.
- Fees the board publishes
- Known fees $145
- Supervised hours
- 3,000 hours, 100 supervision
Last checkedOhio
LSWThe ASWB Masters exam is required before the license.
- Fees the board publishes
- Known fees $313.5
- Supervised hours
- Supervised hours not checked yet
Last checkedPennsylvania
LSWThe ASWB Masters exam is required before the license.
- Fees the board publishes
- Known fees $345
- Supervised hours
- Supervised hours not checked yet
Last checkedTexas
LMSWThe ASWB Masters exam is required before the license.
- Fees the board publishes
- Known fees $378
- Supervised hours
- 3,000 hours, 100 supervision
Last checkedVirginia
LMSWThe ASWB Masters exam is required before the license.
- Fees the board publishes
- Known fees $345
- Supervised hours
- Supervised hours not checked yet
Last checkedWashington
LSWAICNo exam to register. The Clinical exam comes after your hours.
- Fees the board publishes
- Known fees $51
- Supervised hours
- 3,000 hours, 1,000 client contact, 100 supervision
Last checkedAlabama
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Alaska
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Arizona
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Arkansas
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Colorado
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Connecticut
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Delaware
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Hawaii
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Idaho
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Indiana
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Iowa
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Kansas
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Kentucky
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Louisiana
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Maine
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Minnesota
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Mississippi
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Missouri
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Montana
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Nebraska
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Nevada
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New Hampshire
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New Mexico
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North Dakota
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Oklahoma
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Oregon
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Rhode Island
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South Carolina
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South Dakota
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Tennessee
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Utah
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Vermont
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West Virginia
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Wisconsin
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Wyoming
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16 of 51 states checked so far. We add states as we read each board's own pages.
SWTPA is not affiliated with any state board or with ASWB. Requirements change; the board's page is the source of record. The whole dataset is available as JSON.