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Yes this is extremely common outside of "tech."

Almost all large employers will make all employees (even the janitor) sign an ownership of inventions agreement as a condition of employment.

Here's an example of such an agreement from a pharmaceutical company I found (section 2.3 and 2.4): https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1245104/000119312512...

See also: https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2016/12/09/developers-side-pr... for an explanation of why this is.

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I've now had two long-term jobs at large employers, both hospital systems, neither made me sign an IP agreement of any sort. On the university side there absolutely are provisions with faculty in terms of IP ownership. But for hospital employees, it just isn't a consideration. They're not in the IP business, they're in healthcare.

Pharmaceuticals are tech. The only non tech IP industries are things like art.

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