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,  2004,  (the
"Report")  filed with the  Securities and Exchange Commission,  I,  John  J.
Steele, Senior 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.



February 15, 2005                  /s/ John J. Steele
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                                   John J. Steele
                                   Senior Vice President, Treasurer and
                                   Chief Financial Officer