BBSI Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend and Announces Investment Conference Presentation

VANCOUVER, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

Barrett Business Services, Inc. (Nasdaq: BBSI) announced today that its board of directors has approved a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.07 per share. The cash dividend will be paid on March 14, 2007 to all stockholders of record as of February 28, 2007.

In addition, the Company announced that William W. Sherertz, President and Chief Executive Officer, will speak to the investment community at the Roth Capital Partners 19th Annual OC Conference in Dana Point, California on February 21, 2007. The conference will be simultaneously webcast over the Internet.

Mr. Sherertz is scheduled to speak on Wednesday, February 21, 2007 at approximately 3:00 p.m. Pacific Time. Interested investors can listen to the live audio webcast of the presentation and view supplemental financial information by accessing the company's web site www.barrettbusiness.com and proceeding to the investor relations portion of the site and then to webcasts. A replay of the audio webcast will be available on Barrett's web site for thirty days after posting. The webcast is also accessible at http://www.wsw.com/webcast/roth9/bbsi/.

BBSI provides a comprehensive range of human resource management solutions to large and small companies throughout many regions of the United States.

Source: Barrett Business Services, Inc.

Released February 14, 2007