Getting licensed as a social worker in Oregon

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Your first license

Licensed Master's Social Worker

LMSW

Exam required before the license

The ASWB Masters exam is required before the license.

Known fees

Fees the Oregon Board of Licensed Social Workers publishes for the LMSW
Application fee$50
Initial issuance fee$100
ASWB Masters examination$230
Known total$380

What else it takes

Supervised hours
3,500 hours, 2,000 client contact, 100 supervision, for the LCSW
ASWB exam level
Masters
Licensure compact
Not a memberMultistate licenses are not yet being issued. Last checked against the compact's own site.
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Next step

Hold a master's degree in social work from a program accredited by, or in candidacy with, a credentialing body the Board recognizes (CSWE or CASWE) (OAR 877-015-0108(2)). Create an account in the BLSW Applicant Portal and submit official transcripts.

The ladder

Oregon has 4 rungs. 3 need an ASWB exam.

  1. bachelors

    RBSW

    ASWB Bachelors

    Registered Baccalaureate Social Worker.

  2. masters

    LMSW

    ASWB Masters

    Licensed Master's Social Worker.

  3. supervisee

    CSWA

    No ASWB exam

    Clinical Social Work Associate (certified while accruing LCSW hours; no ASWB exam required for the certificate itself). Practice is supervised at this rung.

  4. clinical

    LCSW

    ASWB Clinical

    Licensed Clinical Social Worker.

Requirements change

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

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Oregon asks for 3,500 hours of supervised experience and 100 hours of supervision.

Checked against the published rule. Last checked September 27, 2026.

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Programs in Oregon

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.

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