EXHIBIT 32

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350

In connection with the Annual Report of Barrett Business Services, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), the undersigned certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, that:

       (1)        The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

       (2)        The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.


/s/ William W. Sherertz

/s/ Michael D. Mulholland
William W. Sherertz
Chief Executive Officer
March 30, 2006
Michael D. Mulholland
Chief Financial Officer
March 30, 2006