EXHIBIT 32.1

            CERTIFICATION BY CHIEF EXECUTIVE 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,  2008, (the "Report") filed with the Securities and  Exchange
Commission,  I, Gregory L. Werner, President and Chief  Executive
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 27, 2009                  /s/ Gregory L. Werner
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                                   Gregory L. Werner
                                   President and Chief Executive Officer