It sounds like your pension is putting you over the Modified Adjusted Gross Income (MAGI) threshold for ROTH IRA contributions. MAGI for Roth IRA purposes is AGI minus conversion income (any income resulting from a conversion or rollover from a qualified retirement plan to a Roth IRA, if applicable).
Below are the 2019 thresholds, along with their phaseouts:
MFJ, QW............ $193,000 to $ 203,000
Single, HOH........ $122,000 to $ 137,000
MFS................... $ 0 to $ 10,000
You can find more detail on this in Internal Revenue Code, or you can visit IRS Publication 590-A (pp. 39-40) to determine your MAGI. Note, the IRS has not released the 2019 publication yet; this is the 2018 version.
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