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  Quarterly  Report  of   Werner
Enterprises,  Inc. (the "Company") on Form 10-Q  for  the  period
ending  September  30,  2006,  (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.



November 1, 2006                   /s/ John J. Steele
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                                   John J. Steele
                                   Executive Vice President, Treasurer and
                                   Chief Financial Officer