EXHIBIT 10.5

                         BARRETT BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.

                    SUMMARY OF COMPENSATION ARRANGEMENTS FOR

                             NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS



            Pursuant  to a  resolution  adopted  by the  Board of  Directors  of
Barrett  Business  Services,  Inc. (the  "Company"),  effective May 1, 2004, the
Company's  non-employee  directors receive an annual retainer of $12,000 payable
in cash in monthly installments of $1,000 and an annual grant on the date of the
Company's  annual meeting of stockholders of options to purchase 2,500 shares of
the Company's  common stock at an exercise  price equal to the fair market value
of the shares on the date of grant.