I've recently started a job in an office where most people wear jeans. I've been wearing dockers but I'd like to switch back to jeans and wanted something better quality. Budget is preferred under $100/pair, but flexible.

Previously wore 42x32 "Wrangler Men's and Big Men's Relaxed Fit Jeans with Flex" from Walmart in "dark denim". In dress pants I'm 48x32. I previously would get 2 pairs of jeans roughly every 6 months and that's all I would wear, year round for everything. Id wear each pair half a week or so and swap. Jeans wear out in the crotch from rubbing. Machine wash warm water and dry on medium temp.

What I'm looking for: $100/pair or less preferably, dark denim, would like slightly thicker material, relaxed fit/loose fit, no fancy stitching across the back pockets, professional looking jeans. My understanding is I do not want raw denim, as some of the chairs in the building are white/light colored, and don't want to potentially transfer dye. I don't really care about fading, I'd prefer if I didn't honestly. I'm willing to change my laundry habits, but I don't want stinky jeans.

I've searched here, I've looked in the raw denim sub. My size limits my options greatly, and between not wanting to transfer dye and style preference I'm stumped. I've looked at other Wrangler lines, Carhartt, etc. Levi's have been wildly inconsistent in sizing historically for me. looked at premium brands too, like tommy Hilfiger and gap, which I previously had a pair of thrifted TH jeans that were thick and awesome that I outgrew instead of wore out growing up (probably 20 years ago) but those brands seem to cater to fast fashion these days or are limited in size options. I've looked into raw denim and seveldge, and a few of those brands too. Oh, I don't want them to shrink in the wash either, I forgot the term for pre shrunk.

Please let me know your thoughts.