Registration No. 33-52871
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549
                          ____________________________

                         POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1

                                       TO

                                    FORM S-8
                          REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
                          ____________________________

                         BARRETT BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

           Maryland                                       52-0812977
      (State or other jurisdiction of          (IRS Employer Identification No.)
incorporation or organization)

                            4724 S.W. Macadam Avenue
                             Portland, Oregon 97239
                            Telephone (503) 220-0988
          (Address and telephone number of principal executive offices)

       BARRETT BUSINESS SERVICES, INC., EMPLOYEE'S SAVINGS PLAN AND TRUST
                            (Full title of the plan)

                               William W. Sherertz
                                    President
                         Barrett Business Services, Inc.
                            4724 S.W. Macadam Avenue
                             Portland, Oregon 97239
                            Telephone (503) 220-0988
           (Name, address, and telephone number of agent for service)

                          ____________________________

                                   Copies to:
                                 Miller Nash LLP
                              111 S.W. Fifth Avenue
                           Portland, Oregon 97204-3699
                              Attn: Mary Ann Frantz
                                 (503) 224-5858



                                 DEREGISTRATION

      Pursuant to Registration  Statement on Form S-8 (No. 033-52871) filed with
the  Securities  and Exchange  Commission  on March 29, 1994,  Barrett  Business
Services,  Inc.,  a Maryland  corporation,  registered  60,000  shares of common
stock, $0.01 par value per share, with respect to the Barrett Business Services,
Inc., Employee's Savings Plan and Trust. In May 1994, the corporation effected a
2 for 1 stock split,  bringing the total number of shares  registered under this
Form S-8 to 120,000  shares.  The  Registration  Statement is hereby  amended to
deregister all the remaining shares of common stock,  $0.01 par value per share,
of Barrett  Business  Services,  Inc.  under the  Registration  Statement and to
terminate the registration.

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                                   SIGNATURES

      Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant
certifies  that it has  reasonable  grounds to believe  that it meets all of the
requirements  for  filing  on Form S-8 and has  duly  caused  this  registration
statement  to be  signed  on its  behalf  by  the  undersigned,  thereunto  duly
authorized,  in the city of Portland,  state of Oregon,  on the 30th day of May,
2003.

                                    BARRETT BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
                                    (Registrant)


                                    By   /s/ Michael D. Mulholland
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                                         Michael D. Mulholland
                                         Vice President-Finance

      Pursuant  to  the  requirements  of  the  Securities  Act  of  1933,  this
registration  statement  has  been  signed  by  the  following  persons  in  the
capacities indicated as of the 30th day of May, 2003.



              Signature                Title

(1) Principal Executive Officer
    and Director:

WILLIAM W. SHERERTZ*                   President and Chief Executive Officer and
                                       Director

(2) Principal Financial Officer:

/s/ Michael D. Mulholland              Vice President-Finance
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Michael D. Mulholland


(3) Principal Accounting Officer:

JAMES D. MILLER*                       Controller


(4) A majority of the Board of Directors:

/s/ Fores J. Beaudry
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Fores J. Beaudry                       Director

/s/ Thomas J. Carley
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Thomas J. Carley                       Director

/s/ James B. Hicks
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James B. Hicks                         Director

ANTHONY MEEKER*                        Director
NANCY B. SHERERTZ*                     Director


*By   /s/ Michael D. Mulholland
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      Michael D. Mulholland
      Attorney-in-fact




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