CMA's in our area are making anywhere from 12 dollars per hour (fresh out of school) to about 20 per hour with experience. Usually there are no bene's like health insurance or 401k. I too am unclear about how I want to do bonuses and raises. One girl I gave her 0.5 more an hour at her 90 day mark. The other, I'm less happy with and told her we would be keeping her but did not give a raise. I gave $200 Christmas bonus. I would really like to hear from more of you about this.