Big4 as Associate or Top 10 as Senior

My career goal is to stay in TAS at least until Manager and then maybe go the consulting or corp dev route. Currently A1 in TAS at a top regional firm at 63k. I have the opportunity to jump ship to Big4 as an A2 for 83k in TAS or go to a top 10 TAS (BDO, RSM, GT) for 85k as a senior. I'm in a HCOL.
Question is, should I take an A2 spot at big4 or a senior role at the top 10 firm? Any insight is appreciated, thanks!

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Go big 4, brand name matters a lot in consulting, and in Corp dev (at least for respectable companies. Also it should be an indicator that you’ll make more money in big 4 if the difference in salary between and A2 and S1 is 2k.

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