Getting licensed as a social worker in Alabama

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Your first license

Licensed Master Social Worker

LMSW

Exam required before the license

The ASWB Masters exam is required before the license.

Known fees

Fees the Alabama State Board of Social Work Examiners publishes for the LMSW
ASWB Masters examination$230
Known total$230

What else it takes

Supervised hours
No hour total set (4 hours per month for 24 months), for the LICSW
ASWB exam level
Masters
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Next step

Earn an MSW from a CSWE-accredited program. Submit the Online Application for Social Work Exam to the Board.

The ladder

Alabama has 3 rungs. 3 need an ASWB exam.

  1. bachelors

    LBSW

    ASWB Bachelors

    Licensed Bachelor Social Worker. Practice is supervised at this rung.

  2. masters

    LMSW

    ASWB Masters

    Licensed Master Social Worker. Practice is supervised at this rung.

  3. clinical

    LICSW

    ASWB Clinical

    Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker.

Requirements change

Nothing on our law calendar changes Alabama's exam requirement today. The change that does touch you is national: ASWB launched the 2026 exams on August 3, 2026 with three content areas and 122 items, and held fees at $230 Masters and $260 Clinical. ASWB's announcement.

Law calendar read . If Alabama moves, this page moves with it.

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Alabama's board sets no total for experience hours. Alabama's board sets no total for supervision hours (4 hours per month for 24 months).

Checked against the published rule. Last checked September 19, 2026.

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Programs in Alabama

How first-timers from each accredited program here did on the ASWB exam. A rate built on fewer than 10 first-time exams is one or two people, so those programs show how close they are to that floor instead of a percent. Source: ASWB, 2025 report.

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Sources

We read the board's own pages. Nothing here is a guess.

SWTPA is not affiliated with any state board or with ASWB. Requirements change; the board's page is the source of record. This record is also available as JSON.

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