Lower paid? Maybe, if you don’t account for cost of living. Lowest paid? No.
Average Utah teacher salary: 31/50 $49,393 (2013)
Average National teacher salary: $52,362 (approx. equal to Vermont’s average 21/50)
Median Utah police patrol officer salary: $44,280 (2010) (by the way, these wages are determined by municipality so they’re not relevant to discussing the Utah legislature)
National Median p.p.o. salary: $53,281 (2017)
Utah Paramedic Avg. Hourly: $16.91
National 50th Percentile wage: $16.66
Cost of living in Utah: 35th most expensive state to live in/17th least expensive state to live.
http://www.teacherportal.com/teacher-salaries-by-state/
http://www.lawenforcementedu.net/utah/utah-salary/
http://www1.salary.com/Police-Officer-Salary.html
https://www.missourieconomy.org/indicators/cost_of_living/index.stm
http://www.topemttraining.com/emt-salary/utah/
Also, read this: http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2016/04/25/468157856/can-more-money-fix-americas-schools