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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001144204-12-037826
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4/A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20120622
FILED AS OF DATE:		20120702
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20120702

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			BARRETT BUSINESS SERVICES INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000902791
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SERVICES-HELP SUPPLY SERVICES [7363]
		IRS NUMBER:				520812977
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MD
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		8100 NE PARKWAY DRIVE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 200
		CITY:			VANCOUVER
		STATE:			WA
		ZIP:			98662
		BUSINESS PHONE:		(800) 494-5669

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		8100 NE PARKWAY DRIVE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 200
		CITY:			VANCOUVER
		STATE:			WA
		ZIP:			98662

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			HICKS JAMES B
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001242000

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4/A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-21886
		FILM NUMBER:		12941848

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		8100 NE PARKWAY DRIVE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 200
		CITY:			VANCOUVER
		STATE:			WA
		ZIP:			98662
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    <schemaVersion>X0306</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4/A</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2012-06-22</periodOfReport>

    <dateOfOriginalSubmission>2012-06-26</dateOfOriginalSubmission>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000902791</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>BARRETT BUSINESS SERVICES INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>BBSI</issuerTradingSymbol>
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    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001242000</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>HICKS JAMES B</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>8100 NE PARKWAY DRIVE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>SUITE 200</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>VANCOUVER</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>WA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>98662</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle></officerTitle>
            <otherText></otherText>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2012-06-22</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <deemedExecutionDate></deemedExecutionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>P</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness></transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>300</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>20.60</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>12551</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
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    <remarks>The reporting person is amending the Form 4 originally filed June 26, 2012, to include the attached power of attorney. Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ James D. Miller, as attorney-in-fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2012-07-02</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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<SEQUENCE>2
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<DESCRIPTION>POWER OF ATTORNEY
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in">POWER OF ATTORNEY</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 1in">Know all by these present, that the undersigned
hereby constitutes and appoints each of James&nbsp;D. Miller, Gregory&nbsp;R. Vaughn, and Brooks DiStefano signing singly, the
undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 1in"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase">1.<FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT></FONT>Execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of Barrett
Business Services, Inc. (the &quot;Company&quot;), Forms&nbsp;3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section&nbsp;16(a) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder, and any other forms or reports the undersigned may be required to file in connection
with the undersigned's ownership, acquisition, or disposition of securities of the Company; and</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 1in"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase">2.<FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT></FONT>Do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete
and execute any such Form&nbsp;3, 4, or 5, or other form or report, and timely file such form or report with the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority as appropriate.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 1in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 1in">The undersigned hereby grants to each such
attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing necessary or proper to be done in the exercise
of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned could do if personally
present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this
power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact,
in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, and the Company is not assuming, any of the undersigned's
responsibilities to comply with Section&nbsp;16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 1in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 1in">This Power of Attorney shall remain in full
force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms&nbsp;3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings
of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered
to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 1in">IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused
this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 27th day of July, 2009.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 33%; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-indent: 0in">/s/ James B. Hicks, Ph.D.</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-indent: 0in">Signature</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-indent: 0in">James B. Hicks, Ph.D.</TD>
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