Getting licensed as a social worker in Wyoming
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Get your Wyoming licensing checklist
Your board, the portal you apply in, the fees, the supervised hours, and the order to do them in.
Your first license
Provisional Clinical Social Worker (no exam; supervised; accrues LCSW hours; 36-month term)
PCSWExam comes after the first credential
No exam to register. The Clinical exam comes after your hours.
Known fees
| Provisional license fee | $150 |
|---|---|
| Known total | $150 |
What else it takes
- Supervised hours
- 3,000 hours, 1,200 client contact, 100 supervision, for the LCSW
- ASWB exam level
- None for this credential
- Licensure compact
- Not a memberMultistate licenses are not yet being issued. Last checked against the compact's own site.
- Last checked
Next step
Hold a master's or doctoral degree in social work meeting the Board's standards; a CSWE-accredited MSW for full licensure (W.S. 33-38-106(d)(iii); Rule 078-9 Section 9-3). Up to six semester hours of deficiency may be allowed (Rule 7-1(d)(i)). Name a Designated Qualified Clinical Supervisor (DQCS) and get the supervision agreement approved before the provisional license issues (Rule 7-1(e)).
The ladder
Wyoming has 3 rungs. 2 need an ASWB exam.
bachelors
CSW
ASWB Bachelors
Certified Social Worker. Practice is supervised at this rung.
masters
PCSW
No ASWB exam
Provisional Clinical Social Worker (no exam; supervised; accrues LCSW hours; 36-month term). Practice is supervised at this rung.
clinical
LCSW
ASWB Clinical
Licensed Clinical Social Worker.
Requirements change
Nothing on our law calendar changes Wyoming'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 Wyoming moves, this page moves with it.
Already passed? Track your supervised hours toward your clinical license.
Wyoming asks for 3,000 hours of supervised experience and 100 hours of supervision.
Checked against the published rule. Last checked September 27, 2026.
Join the Hours waitlistPrograms in Wyoming
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.
Sources
We read the board's own pages. Nothing here is a guess.
- Wyoming Mental Health Professions Licensing Board · PCSW applicant resourcesmentalhealth.wyo.gov · Last checked
- WY Mental Health Professions Board forms (PCSW description)mentalhealth.wyo.gov · Last checked
- Wyo. Stat. Section 33-38-106 - Requirements for licensure and certificationwww.wyoleg.gov · Last checked
- Wyo. Code R. 078-7 Section 7-1 - General Requirements (Provisional)www.law.cornell.edu · Last checked
- Wyo. Code R. 078-13 Section 13-1 - Feeswww.law.cornell.edu · Last checked
- Social Work Licensure Compact · member jurisdictionsswcompact.org · Last checked
- Wyo. Code R. 078-9 Section 9-4 - Supervised Training/Work Experience Requirement for Licensurewww.law.cornell.edu · Last checked
- Wyo. Code R. 078-18 Section 18-2 - General Requirements for DQCSwww.law.cornell.edu · Last checked
- Wyo. Code R. 078-18 Section 18-5 - Requirement for Supervisionwww.law.cornell.edu · Last checked
- LCSW fees · ASWB Clinical examinationwww.aswb.org · Last checked
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