BJT Collector voltage in resistor bias network?

There is a data sheet value you can look up.

As a trade off, we want to stay above Vce(sat) so the output does not get distorted.

ex: 2N2222 Vce(sat) ≈.3V

For many small signal BJTs the saturation voltage can be ≈.5V, 1.5V is above this.