JAVASCRIPT

get selected option value jquery

$("#vacc_wellness_agegroups option:selected").val();

get option value jquery

<select id="state">
    <option value="state1" data-id="1">state1</option>
    <option value="state2" data-id="2">state2</option>
    <option value="state3" data-id="3">state3</option>
</select>

$('#state option[data-id="2"]').val();

//output state2

select selected value jquery

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();