$("select.your-select").change(function(){
$(this).children("option:selected").val();
});
$( "#myselect option:selected" ).val();
var selectedOptionText = $('#mySelectID').find(":selected").text();//selected option text
var selectedOptionVal = $('#mySelectID').find(":selected").val();//selected option value
$("#vacc_wellness_agegroups option:selected").val();
$('select option[value=8272]').attr('selected', '');
$(document).ready(function(){
$("select.country").change(function(){
var selectedCountry = $(this).children("option:selected").val();
alert("You have selected the country - " + selectedCountry);
});
let payment_type = $("#olca_form_submit select[name='payment_type']")
.find(":selected")
.val();
$('.selDiv option:eq(1)').prop('selected', true)
var conceptName = $('#aioConceptName').find(":selected").text();
$(this).val(); //in jquery it returns the selected value
$("div.id_100 select").val("val2").change();
If you want to get the selected option text, you can use $(select element). text() . var text = $('#aioConceptName option:selected'). text();
If you want to get selected option value, you can use $(select element). val() . var val = $('#aioConceptName option:selected').val();