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                             Registration Statement No. 33-


               SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                     WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549


                            FORM S-8

                     REGISTRATION STATEMENT

                             UNDER

                   THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933


                   GILBERT ASSOCIATES, INC.               
     (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

                            Delaware           
                (State or Other Jurisdiction of
                 Incorporation or Organization)

                           23-2280922    
                        (I.R.S. Employer
                      Identification No.)

P.O. Box 1498, Reading, Pennsylvania 19603              19603   
 (Address of Principal Executive Offices)              (Zip Code)

            STOCK PURCHASE PROGRAM FOR EMPLOYEES OF
         GILBERT ASSOCIATES, INC. AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES
                    (Full title of the Plan)

                Thomas F. Hafer, Esq., Secretary
                    Gilbert Associates, Inc.
                         P.O. Box 1498
                  Reading, Pennsylvania 19603      
            (Name and Address of Agent For Service)

                        (610) 775-5900                        
 (Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)

                            Copy to:

                   Douglas E. Davidson, Esq.
                  Berlack, Israels & Liberman
                      120 West 45th Street
                    New York, New York 10036
                         (212) 704-0100
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                CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

Title  of                          Proposed Maximum  Proposed Maximum    Amount of
Securities to     Amount to        Offering Price    Aggregate           Registration 
be Registered     be Registered    Per Share(1)      Offering Price(1)   Fee
- -------------     -------------    ----------------  -----------------   ----------

<S>               <C>              <C>               <C>                  <C>
Class B           500,000          $15.00            $7,500,000           $2,586.21
Common Stock      shares

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(1)   Used only for the purpose of calculating the amount of  the
   registration   fee.   Pursuant  to  Rule  457(c)   under   the
   Securities  Act of 1933, as amended ("1933 Act"),  based  upon
   the  average  of  the high and low prices for Class  A  Common
   Stock  of  the  registrant reported in the NASDAQ  System  for
   August 15, 1994.
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      In  addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the  1933  Act,
this  registration statement also covers an indeterminate  amount
of  interests  to  be offered or sold pursuant  to  the  employee
benefit plan described herein.

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          The contents of the registrant's Registration Statement
on  Form S-8 (Registration No. 33-71242), are incorporated herein
by reference.
                            PART II
       INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 8.   Exhibits.

          4(a)      Stock Purchase Program for Employees  of
                    Gilbert   Associates,   Inc.   and   Its
                    Subsidiaries, effective July 1,  1987  -
                    Incorporated  by  reference  to  Exhibit
                    4(iii),  Registration Statement on  Form
                    S-8 (Registration No. 33-37792).

          4(b)      Gilbert  Associates, Inc. Stock Purchase
                    Program  Trust, made as of  January  30,
                    1987  -  Incorporated  by  reference  to
                    Exhibit  28,  Registration Statement  on
                    Form S-8 (Registration No. 33-37792).

          4(b)(1)   Amendment,  dated January  1,  1991,  to
                    Gilbert  Associates, Inc. Stock Purchase
                    Program   Trust   -   Incorporated    by
                    reference     to    Exhibit     4(b)(1),
                    Registration  Statement  on   Form   S-8
                    (Registration No. 33-71242)

          4(c)      Restated Certificate of Incorporation of
                    Gilbert  Associates, Inc. - Incorporated
                    by  reference to Exhibit 3(a) to  Annual
                    Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal  year
                    ended December 29, 1989 (SEC File No. 0-
                    12588).

          4(d)      By-Laws of Gilbert Associates, Inc.,  as
                    amended  - Incorporated by reference  to
                    Exhibit 3(b), Registration Statement  on
                    Form S-8 (Registration No. 2-91939).

          23        Consent of Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.

          24        Power  of  Attorney -  Included  in  the
                    signature   page  of  this  Registration
                    Statement.

           The  Exhibits listed above which have heretofore  been
filed  with the Securities and Exchange Commission and which  are
designated   in   prior  filings  as  noted  above   are   hereby
incorporated  by reference and made a part hereof with  the  same
effect as if filed herewith.

           The  registrant undertakes that it will submit or  has
submitted  the  Plan and any amendments thereto to  the  Internal
Revenue  Service (the "IRS") in a timely manner and has  made  or
will make all changes required by the IRS in order to qualify the
Plan.
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                           SIGNATURES

           The  Registrant.  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  Reading,
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania on this 18th day of August, 1994.

                              GILBERT ASSOCIATES, INC.



                              By:  /s/T. S. Cobb
                                 ------------------------------
                                   T. S. Cobb
                                   President and Chief Executive
                                   Officer


                       POWER OF ATTORNEY


            KNOW   ALL  MEN  BY  THESE  PRESENTS,  that   Gilbert
Associates,  Inc.  and  each  of  its  undersigned  officers  and
directors  hereby  constitutes and appoints each  of  Timothy  S.
Cobb,  James R. Itin and Thomas F. Hafer its/his true and  lawful
attorney-in-fact  and agent with full power of  substitution  and
resubstitution for it/him and in its/his name, place  and  stead,
in  any  and  all  capacities,  to sign  all  or  any  amendments
(including post-effective amendments) of and supplements to  this
registration statement on Form S-8 and to file the same, with all
exhibits  thereto,  and other documents in connection  therewith,
with  the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto  each
such  attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority  to  do
and  perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary
to be done in and about the premises, to all intents and purposes
and as fully as said Corporation itself and each said officer  or
director  might  or  could  do in person,  hereby  ratifying  and
confirming all that each such attorney-in-fact and agent, or  his
substitutes,  may  lawfully do or cause  to  be  done  by  virtue
hereof.

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           Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act  of
1933,  this  registration  statement  has  been  signed  by   the
following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.


     Signature and Title                     Date

  /s/A. F. Smith
______________________________               August 18, 1994
 A. F. Smith, Chairman of
  the Board and Director

  /s/T. S. Cobb
______________________________               August 18, 1994
 T. S. Cobb, President and
 Chief Executive Officer
 (Principal Executive Officer)
  and Director

  /s/J. R. Itin  
______________________________               August 18, 1994
 J. R. Itin, Vice President
 (Principal Financial and Accounting
 Officer) and Director

  /s/J. W. Boyer, Jr.
_____________________________                August 18, 1994
  J. W. Boyer, Jr., Director

  /s/D. E. Lyons
______________________________               August 18, 1994
  D. E. Lyons, Director

  /s/J. W. Stratton
_____________________________                August 18, 1994
  J. W. Stratton, Director

  /s/J. A. Sutton
______________________________               August 18, 1994
  J. A. Sutton, Director

  /s/D. K. Wilson, Jr.
_____________________________                August 18, 1994
  D. K. Wilson, Jr. Director

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      THE PLAN.   Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Act  of 1933, the Stock Purchase Program for Employees of Gilbert
Associates,  Inc.  and  Its Subsidiaries (or  other  persons  who
administer  the  employee benefit plan)  have  duly  caused  this
registration  statement  to  be  signed  on  its  behalf  by  the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City  of  Reading,
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, on August 18, 1994.


                    STOCK  PURCHASE  PROGRAM  FOR  EMPLOYEES   OF
                    GILBERT ASSOCIATES, INC. AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES


                         /s/A. F. Smith 
                    By:_______________________________________
                       A. F. Smith
                       Member of the Administrative Committee


                         /s/T. S. Cobb
                    By:________________________________________
                       T. S. Cobb
                       Member of the Administrative Committee


                         /s/J. R. Itin
                    By:________________________________________
                      J. R. Itin
                      Member of the Administrative Committee


                         /s/T. F. Hafer
                    By:________________________________________
                       T. F. Hafer
                       Member of the Administrative Committee

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                         EXHIBIT INDEX



EXHIBIT NO.
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4(a)          Stock  Purchase Program for Employees  of
              Gilbert   Associates,   Inc.   and    Its
              Subsidiaries, effective July  1,  1987  -
              Incorporated  by  reference  to   Exhibit
              4(iii),  Registration Statement  on  Form
              S-8 (Registration No. 33-37792).

4(b)          Gilbert  Associates,  Inc.  Stock Purchase
              Program  Trust,  made  as  of January  30,
              1987  -  Incorporated   by  reference   to
              Exhibit  28,  Registration  Statement   on
              Form S-8 (Registration  No. 33-37792).

4(b)(1)       Amendment,  dated   January  1,  1991,  to
              Gilbert  Associates,  Inc.  Stock Purchase
              Program     Trust   -   Incorporated    by
              reference     to     Exhibit      4(b) (1)
              Registration   Statement   on   Form   S-8
              (Registration No. 33-71242).

4(c)          Restated  Certificate of Incorporation  of
              Gilbert   Associates, Inc. -  Incorporated
              by  reference  to Exhibit  3(a)  to Annual
              Report on Form 10-K  for  the  fiscal year
              ended  December 29, 1989.

4(d)          By-Laws  of  Gilbert  Associates, Inc., as
              amended  -  Incorporated  by reference  to
              Exhibit  3(b), Registration  Statement  on
              Form S-8 (Registration  No. 2-91939).

23            Consent of Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.

24            Power  of  Attorney  -  Included   in  the
              signature   page   of  this   Registration
              Statement.


           The  Exhibits listed above which have heretofore  been
filed  with the Securities and Exchange Commission and which  are
designated   in   prior  filings  as  noted  above   are   hereby
incorporated  by reference and made a part hereof with  the  same
effect as if filed herewith.

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CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

         We consent to the following with respect to this Registration Statement
on Form S-8 filed by Gilbert Associates, Inc.:

 (1)  The incorporation by reference in the registration statement of our report
      dated February  4,  1994  on  our  audits  of  the  consolidated financial
      statements and the financial statement  schedules  of  Gilbert Associates,
      Inc. and its Subsidiaries  as  of  December 31, 1993  and January 1, 1993,
      and  for  each  of  the three years in the period ended December 31, 1993,
      as set forth in the Gilbert Associates, Inc. Annual  Report  on  Form 10-K
      for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1993.

 (2)  The incorporation by reference in the registration statement of our report
      dated May 20, 1994 relative to  the  financial  statements  of  the  Stock
      Purchase Program  for  Employees  of  Gilbert  Associates,  Inc.  and  its
      Subsidiaries as of December 31, 1993 and 1992.

 (3)  The reference to our Firm under the caption "Experts" in the  registration
      Statement.


                                                /s/Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.

                                              COOPERS & LYBRAND L.L.P.        
2400 Eleven Penn Center
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
August 18, 1994


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