<select id="myselect">
<option value="1">Mr</option>
<option value="2">Mrs</option>
<option value="3">Ms</option>
<option value="4">Dr</option>
<option value="5">Prof</option>
</select>
<script>
$( "#myselect option:selected" ).val();
</script>$('#id option:selected').text()$("select.your-select").change(function(){
$(this).children("option:selected").val();
});$( "#myselect option:selected" ).text();$( "#myselect option:selected" ).val();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();