WERNER ENTERPRISES, INC.
                       14507 Frontier Road
                         P. O. Box 45308
                     Omaha, Nebraska  68145


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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                              CONTACT:  Robert E. Synowicki, Jr.
                                    Executive Vice President and
                                       Chief Information Officer
                                                  (402) 894-3000

                                                  John J. Steele
                            Senior Vice President, Treasurer and
                                         Chief Financial Officer
                                                  (402) 894-3036

         WERNER ENTERPRISES INCREASES QUARTERLY DIVIDEND

Omaha, Nebraska, May 11, 2005:
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      Werner  Enterprises, Inc. (Nasdaq: WERN -  news)  announced
today  that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly  cash
dividend  of  $.040  (4.0  cents) per  common  share  payable  to
stockholders of record on July 5, 2005.  This dividend is a $.005
per share, or 14%, increase over the Company's previous quarterly
dividend rate of $.035 per share.  This dividend will be paid  on
July 19, 2005.

      Werner  Enterprises is currently in its nineteenth year  of
paying  quarterly  cash  dividends on its  common  stock  to  its
stockholders.  The first quarterly cash dividend was paid by  the
Company in July 1987.

      Werner  Enterprises, Inc. is a full-service  transportation
company providing truckload and logistics services throughout the
48  states,  portions of Canada and Mexico.  C.L. Werner  founded
the  Company  in  1956.   Werner is one of the  nation's  largest
truckload  transportation companies with a fleet of 8,650  trucks
and 23,710 trailers as of March 31, 2005.

      Werner  Enterprises, Inc. common stock  is  traded  on  The
Nasdaq   Stock  Market  under  the  symbol  WERN.    The   Werner
Enterprises web site address is www.werner.com.