Getting licensed as a social worker in Maryland

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Your first license

Licensed Master Social Worker (accrues LCSW-C hours under a Board-approved supervisor)

LMSW

Exam required before the license

The ASWB Masters exam is required before the license.

Known fees

Fees the Maryland Board of Social Work Examiners publishes for the LMSW
Application processing$100
Initial license$75
ASWB Masters examination$230
Known total$405

What else it takes

Supervised hours
3,000 hours, 1,500 client contact, for the LCSW-C
ASWB exam level
Masters
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Next step

Meet Maryland LMSW education requirements. Submit application and required documents.

The ladder

Maryland has 3 rungs. 3 need an ASWB exam.

  1. bachelors

    LBSW

    ASWB Bachelors

    Licensed Bachelor Social Worker.

  2. masters

    LMSW

    ASWB Masters

    Licensed Master Social Worker (accrues LCSW-C hours under a Board-approved supervisor). Practice is supervised at this rung.

  3. clinical

    LCSW-C

    ASWB Clinical

    Licensed Certified Social Worker-Clinical.

Requirements change

Nothing on our law calendar changes Maryland'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 Maryland moves, this page moves with it.

Already passed? Track your supervised hours toward your clinical license.

Maryland asks for 3,000 hours of supervised experience. Supervision hours: not published by the board.

Checked against the published rule. Last checked September 6, 2026.

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Programs in Maryland

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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