jQuery obtenga el valor de la opción seleccionada
$("select.your-select").change(function(){
$(this).children("option:selected").val();
});
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$("select.your-select").change(function(){
$(this).children("option:selected").val();
});
$( "#myselect option:selected" ).text();
$("#id option:selected").text();
$('.id_100 option[value=val2]').attr('selected','selected');
$( "#myselect option:selected" ).val();
<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