The aim of this research is to study the parameters of nonlinear dynamic behavior of steel tall buildings having a compound braced-tube resistant skeleton with belted trusses in higher levels. For this purpose, four 30-story study models have been designed in 3D. The first study model has a resistant skeleton without a belted truss. Yet, the remaining three structural models, each have a belted truss in higher levels with layouts of one, two and three stories, respectively. Numerical study results of this research are acquired according to a set of time-history nonlinear analyses on the mentioned study models. The chosen ensemble of three-component ground motions includes six highly powerful near-field records and one far-field record. Assessing study results reveal that applying belted trusses in tall braced-tube skeletons would lead in a remarkable increase in stiffness and a growth in the capability to absorb the earthquake’s kinetic energy. This issue also results in a large decrease in lateral displacement and dynamic drift of the structure and will therefore cause an increase in using the axial capacity of peripheral columns of the structure plan. Thus it becomes possible to introduce the application of resistant structures with belted trusses in structural skeletons of high-rise buildings, especially in areas with high seismicity as a suitable and efficient alternative plan compared to other structural systems.