jquery select option selected value text code example

Example 1: get text of selected option jquery

$('#id').children(':selected').text();

Example 2: jquery selected option text

$( "#myselect option:selected" ).text();

Example 3: get selected option value jquery

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

Example 4: 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