Is $104,000 a year a decent w2 salary for an experienced otr reefer driver

Yes but the salary will protect honest drivers also from the bad side of trying to get all those miles. Like when shippers/receivers take 5 hours to load/unload you and then you don't have a full day to get your miles in on the E. Logs. It also can help if you have an old truck that breaks down constantly. A lot of per milers don't get paid for things that are not their fault. A salary would help the driver still make a good wage when everything else doesn't work out to where you can get your 3000 miles or so, and it's not your fault. If you find a driver trying to eat his salary and not work, you get rid of him/her. That and the driver being in a position where they cant work any harder to make more money. But with good bonuses and a boss who is willing to share profits with the guy/gal making it for him, It could work. I think without that it wouldn't work because the driver would (or at least I might) feel like he/she was in a rut and look for greener pastures if they are a hard worker. I would like to see a boss who calls me and says hey great job on delivering that early even though you didn't have to. "Here's a hundred bucks. Keep up the good work. Now here's your next load. You can get there early too! Oh me and my perfect worlds I have yet to see it. I did get a qualcom message once from USA praising me for my hard work while cheating on my logs the whole way back in 2007. But nothing to add to my .28 a mile.