Form: S-8

Initial registration statement for securities to be offered to employees pursuant to employee benefit plans

March 29, 1994

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

Published on March 29, 1994






Consent of Independent Accountants


We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this
Registration Statement on Form S-8 of our report dated February
7, 1994, appearing on page 20 of Barrett Business Services,
Inc.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
1993. We also consent to the incorporation by reference of our
report on the Financial Statement Schedule, which appears on page
38 of such Annual Report on Form 10-K.




Price Waterhouse

Portland, Oregon
March 22, 1994