Agreed that if you’re still doing design work, you should not be taking any substantial pay cut unless you’re moving from the Bay Area to Oklahoma, or making it up in some other arena (amazing company you’re dying to work for, large equity stake, bonus, PTO etc).
It’s one thing if you’re making $100K and you find a job you love that has a cap at $90K, but in general avoid taking back steps as they will take years to recover from. Especially since opportunities for promotions and raises in a new job likely won’t come for a year+ into your tenure. Your career trajectory should be something you can play out in your mind so you can track your progress on how and where you’d like to be.