Value not being returned

$(".selector").progressbar('value');

Expected Behavior: Returns current progress bar value (integer)

Actual Behavior: Returns base progress bar element object.

aria-valuenow attribute (set via the setter method) is holding an integer value of 20 at the time of the call. Value can be retrieved via an attr call on the element: .attr("aria-valuenow") and returns the expected integer value at time of this call.