EXHIBIT 32.2

          CERTIFICATION BY CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
             PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350
       (SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002)


       In  connection  with  the  Annual  Report  of  Werner
Enterprises,  Inc.  (the "Company") on  Form  10-K  for  the
period  ending December 31, 2003, (the "Report") filed  with
the  Securities and Exchange Commission, I, John J.  Steele,
Vice President, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer of the
Company,  certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C.  Section  1350,  as
adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002, that to the best of my knowledge:

     1. The Report  fully complies  with the requirements of
        section 13(a)  or 15(d)  of the  Securities Exchange
        Act of 1934; and

     2. The  information  contained  in  the  Report  fairly
        presents,  in all  material  respects, the financial
        condition and results of operations of the Company.



March 1, 2004                      /s/ John J. Steele
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                                   John J. Steele
                                   Vice President, Treasurer
                                    and Chief Financial
                                    Officer