Social Work Test Prep Academy

Getting licensed as a social worker in New Jersey

Compact member

New Jersey State Board of Social Work Examiners, read .

Your first license

Licensed Social Worker

LSW

Exam required before the license

The ASWB Masters exam is required before the license.

Known fees

Fees the New Jersey State Board of Social Work Examiners publishes for the LSW
Application fee$75
Standard (non-clinical) license fee, first year of biennial period$120
Standard (non-clinical) license fee, second year of biennial period$60
ASWB Masters examinationNot checked yet
Known total$255

Plus 1 fee this board does not publish an amount for.

What else it takes

Supervised hours
Not checked yet
ASWB exam level
Masters
Licensure compact
Member jurisdiction
Last checked
1

Next step

Earn an MSW (or DSW) from a CSWE-accredited program, or a program in CSWE candidacy. Register for and pass the ASWB Masters examination (final-semester students may sit early).

The ladder

New Jersey has 2 rungs. 2 of them need an ASWB exam.

  1. masters

    LSW

    ASWB Masters

    Licensed Social Worker.

  2. clinical

    LCSW

    ASWB Clinical

    Licensed Clinical Social Worker.

Requirements change

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

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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