To turn down the highest paid job?

[Daffodil8]

I appreciate this is a fortunate position to be in but very torn about what to do. I've asked a few friends and the response has been 50/50 so wondering what random strangers would do and if there's any words of wisdom?

I've been offered 2 jobs.
Job 1 is in a different industry to what I'm in now but the same role as my skills are transferable. The salary is decent but a bit less than I currently make. 5% bonus. The manager and colleague I interviewed with were really nice and I got a good feel about the company and role. The job is in a good location to my house (driveable) with nice facilities.

Job 2 - same industry as I'm in now. Salary is 5k higher than job 1 with a 10% bonus. So a bit more than I make now. The people I met were ok but interview was over zoom so it was difficult to get a good feel for them... office facilities are also very nice but it would involve travelling by train to get there as it's in the middle of a city centre.

So am I mad for going for job 1? I'm excited by working in a new industry and getting my foot in the door at this company. The other part of my says I'm silly for turning down more money.
I know I could go to job 1 with the offer from job 2 to try and negotiate a higher salary but what they offered me was the top of the salary band (one of the rare ones where salary was advertised in job description).
Financially we're doing ok so would still be able to cover outgoings if I took the lower salary.
My partner says he'll support whatever decision I make.

I took a small paycut to change role. It was a really positive change and I thrived in my new role. So much so that I received a payrise after 3 months and a promotion after 6 months. Now I'm earing substantially more than I was. I think you should go with your heart.

What's the rush?

you don't have to take either offer.

id go back to job one & press for a higher salary. Keep looking. Job 2 doesn't sound great & the increase in pay, after tax etc, is going to be precious little.

it's not like you're unemployed, take a bit more time to get something better.

What would a man do? Think like a man!
Negotiate job 1, the best I’ve done is 33% over the top of the band

If you are thinking of having kids, check out their maternity policies too

I wouldn’t take either, they both have too many cons - stay in your existing role for now whilst you look for Job 3

Job 1 100%

Do you work in finance? I've been having similar debates with myself as my nearest city centre jobs pay more generally but I really can't be arsed getting the train in as there's never any seats left, service is unreliable - especially with the strikes, and it's quite expensive.

I'd never move for less than a 15/20% bump minimum so honestly I'd either negotiate job 1 or keep looking

Tell job 1 you have a slightly higher offer and ask them to match it?