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,  2008, (the "Report") filed with the Securities and  Exchange
Commission,   I,  John  J.  Steele,  Executive  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 27, 2009                  /s/ John J. Steele
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                                   John J. Steele
                                   Executive Vice President, Treasurer and
                                   Chief Financial Officer