jquery know the selected option code example

Example 1: jquery get selected option value

var selectedOptionText = $('#mySelectID').find(":selected").text();//selected option text
var selectedOptionVal = $('#mySelectID').find(":selected").val();//selected option value

Example 2: jquery get selected option value

$("select.your-select").change(function(){ 
	$(this).children("option:selected").val();
});