Ask HN: Should I choose big name or big salary?

One thing to consider is that at Deloitte, as at any big 4 you are in for a well structured career track that - assuming your performance is good - will mean yearly wage increases. Whereas in most companies (I can't talk specifically about Sears), you might find a more stagnant career, with bigger but more spaced jumps (typically when your boss is promoted, or the business requires more people).

I have worked at big fours in two separate occasions and it is not rare to see long careers that average a yearly 15% increase.

I don't know about the companies you mentioned but if I were you I'd choose Sears because of the 50% higher pay.

50% is a lot.

Once you "unlock" the Sears salary you will most likely never go down from there. So in a couple of years you can go somewhere even better with an even higher salary, that's valuable.

Where as if you settle with the Deloitte salary in a couple of years you might land up somewhere else with a close-to-Sears salary, it seems like it would set you back.

One thing you could do is to tell Deloitte that you have this other offer in your hands, you are keen on Deloitte but you can't accept their offer with that salary.

If they at least match it you might get the best of both worlds.