<human>: Alright PF 21 Year old guy here and first time poster so bare with me, I will try to describe my financial situation to the best of my ability.

I make $36k a year and am currently living at home with my parents. Long story short i have some college and managed to get a very well paying IT job for my age. I live in Ohio and my parents are relocating to Gilbert Arizona. So i can either go with them and attempt to find a IT job in Arizona or i can stay at my current employer and finally be truly independent for the first time in my life. I have about $15,000 in a saving account as an emergency fund. I also put about $50.00 a paycheck into a Healthy Equity account which is a non taxed account that i use for paying my Health, dental, and vision with ( i have $1,000+) in this account so if i have any doctors visits it will not come out of my bank account directly. I make 17.40 an hour and i bring home 2,000 a month and am paid bi-weekly. My only monthly expenses that i pay directly out of pocket and does not come out of my paycheck is my car-payment and insurance which i pay ever 3 months. as well as various reoccurring purchases (gym membership, Netflix, etc..) I have two credit cards and have a very good credit score for my age i would say. After all is said and done and "Current" monthly expenses come out to about $500 Dollars a month excluding credit card bills which normally is not a lot. that gives $1,500 left over each month for my self.

Now Down to the real question: How much of a percentage is worth putting towards an apartment or what should my range be? or what percentage of your income do you believe is fair to put towards an apartment.  Apartments in my Area range from ($600 - $1200 a month) Help me PR i feel like i am doing everything correctly financially but i still have no idea WTF i am doing!

Give me the gist of the text in a nutshell
<bot>: (what should be the correct amount of money each month i should pay for a apartment in my current situation to maximize savings each month, 36k a year)