mimiyo
If your only state is Ohio, then normally the pension administrator would have put the Box 1 amount also in box 16.
In fact, since boxes 15 through 20 are used for states, the IRS does not look at those boxes...but some states do. In cases where there is only one state, the box 16 amount really is normally the same as box 1.
So you are safe in doing this.
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